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American naval art prints by naval artist Randall Wilson. US Navy ships USS Texas, USS Enterprise, USS Long Beach and USS Maddox, are shown in military art prints by American artist Randall Wilson, published by Cranston Fine Arts.

USS Independence by Randall Wilson.  USS Independence launches multiple aircraft, RA5C Vigilante from the waist cat, and a Crusader from the bow while deployed in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam.

USS New Jersey, batten down the Hatches by Randall Wilson  USS New Jersey seen battling her way through a Hurricane in 1944.USS New Jersey  was built at Philadelphia Navy yard and laid down on the 16th September 1940 and launched on the 7th December 1942 and commissioned into the US navy on the 23rd May 1943. She was used in the Pacific theatre for the remaining part of world war two, and used mainly in Aircraft carrier escort duties. Taken off the active list before the Korean War but serving as fire support ships before being put into reserve by 1957. Taken out of reserve and refitted to become fire support during Vietnam War.  The US Navy wanted these ships back in service although modernization costs would be huge.  all were  reactivated between 1982 and 1988  


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Setting of the Sun by Randall Wilson.

USS Missouri and HMS King George V head south to Tokyo for the surrender, after completing the last shore bombardment of mainland Japan, 1945.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £60.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £95.00

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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £35.00


ITEM CODE DHM0723


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USS Ronald Reagan by Randall Wilson.
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USS Independence by Randall Wilson.

USS Independence launches multiple aircraft, RA5C Vigilante from the waist cat, and a Crusader from the bow while deployed in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £350.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £440


Original painting by Randall Wilson. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £3400.00


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

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USS Kearsarge by Randall Wilson.
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Phantom II by David Pentland.
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Yankie Station by Randall Wilson.

CVN 65 USS Enterprise on her first deployment in the Gulf of Tonkin. On this day she flew 165 sorties, a carrier record! Two A4 Skyhawks head towards a bombing mission while an F4 phantom rides escort.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Original painting by Randall Wilson. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £2600.00

Special Offer Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers!
Save £1000 on this original painting! - Was £3600


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

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Special remarqued print from the signed limited edition. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £230.00


Special remarqued print from the signed limited edition. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £230.00


ITEM CODE DHM0737


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USS Maddox by Randall Wilson.
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Birds Away by Randall Wilson.

USS Long Beach became the first ship to ever shoot down aircraft using missiles. She is seen firing two Talos Missiles that downed two MIGs at a range of 80 miles in May 1968.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £51.00

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Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £56


Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Original painting by Randall Wilson. . Price £2300.00

Special Offer Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers!
Save £500 on this original painting! - Was £2800


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

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ITEM CODE DHM0726


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Tenichigo by Randall Wilson.
for £160

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Pressing Home the Kill by Randall Wilson.

Dauntless Dive Bombers Dive on the Battleship Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea, October 1944.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00

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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Original painting by Randall Wilson. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £2300.00

Special Offer Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers!
Save £500 on this original painting! - Was £2800


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (2 copies reduced to clear) Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £70.00


ITEM CODE DHM0713


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USS Kearsarge by Randall Wilson.
for £160

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USS Independence by Randall Wilson.
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USS Ronald Reagan by Randall Wilson.

CVN78 Steams at full power on her 1st deployment.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £350.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £440


Original painting by Randall Wilson. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £2800.00


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



ITEM CODE DHM1399


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Gunline Omaha - USS Texas by Randall Wilson.
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Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson.
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USS New Jersey, batten down the Hatches by Randall Wilson.

USS New Jersey seen battling her way through a Hurricane in 1944.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



ITEM CODE DHM0736


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Home Bound by Randall Wilson.
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HMAS Sydney By Randall Wilson.
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Slow Ahead by Randall Wilson.

H.M.A.S Hobart glides past Mount Fiji for the surrender ceremony with Missouri in the Background. Tokyo Bay 1945.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm). Price £51.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £56


Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



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USS New Jersey, batten down the Hatches by Randall Wilson.
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USS Mississippi BB41 by Randall Wilson.
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Gunline Omaha - USS Texas by Randall Wilson.

In support of the American landings at Utah and Omaha beaches, the USS Texas slugs it out with German heavy gun emplacements during the D-Day landings.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Original painting by Randall Wilson. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £2800.00


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £60.00


ITEM CODE DHM0738


2 Discount Two-Print Packs and
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Yankie Station by Randall Wilson.
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USS Ronald Reagan by Randall Wilson.
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USS Kearsarge by Randall Wilson.

USS Kearsarge CV33, USS Princeton and USS Rochester CA124 in Korea 1952 with bearcats over the top.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 24 inches x 15 inches (61cm x 38cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Original painting by Randall Wilson. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £2400.00

Special Offer Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers!
Save £1000 on this original painting! - Was £3400


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



ITEM CODE DHM1328

USS Constellation departs Hobart by Randall Wilson.

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Signed limited edition of 100 prints. Special Offer £37.00
Limited edition of 20 artist proofs. Special Offer £70.00

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USS Constellation departs Hobart by Randall Wilson.

Signed limited edition of 100 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £37.00

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Limited edition of 20 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £70.00

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ITEM CODE DHM4014


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Gunline Omaha - USS Texas by Randall Wilson.
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Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson.
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USS Mississippi BB41 by Randall Wilson.

USS Mississippi rides at anchor. A brief rest for the crew at the port of ADM Oldendorfs T.G. The ship is preparing for the Invasion of Okinawa.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Original painting by Randall Wilson. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £2700.00

Special Offer Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers!
Save £500 on this original painting! - Was £3200


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



ITEM CODE DHM1049


1 Discount Two-Print Pack Available on These Editions, Including :

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Birds Away by Randall Wilson.
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USS Maddox by Randall Wilson.

USS Maddox engaging North Vietnamese torpedo boats with 5-in gunfire, August 2nd, 1964, in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £51.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £56


Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Original painting by Randall Wilson. . Price £2300.00

Special Offer Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers!
Save £500 on this original painting! - Was £2800


**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £30.00


ITEM CODE DHM0727


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USS New Jersey, batten down the Hatches by Randall Wilson.
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Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson.

Battleship USS Pennsylvania off Diamond Head, Hawaii.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 14 inches (64cm x 36cm). Price £95.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 14 inches (64cm x 36cm). Price £130.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer


Special Offer Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

Special Offer £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

Special Offer £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460


Original painting by Randall Wilson. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £2800.00


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00

Special Offer Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer



ITEM CODE DHM1231

USS John C Stennis by Randall Wilson.

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Signed edition. Special Offer £70.00

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Nemesis by Ivan Berryman.

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Forestside by David Dipnall.

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USS John C Stennis by Randall Wilson.

As the sun sets, two Tomcats pass the bow to take up their C.A.P. positions. Riding shotgun is one of two cruiser escorts. On board is C.A.W.9 as she is homebound from another successful deployment.

Signed edition. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £70.00

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ITEM CODE DHM1124

 

USS Kearsarge by Randall Wilson  USS Kearsarge CV33, USS Princeton and USS Rochester  CA124 in Korea 1952 with bearcats over the top. 

Aloha Hawaii by Randall Wilson  US Battleship USS Pennsylvania, off Diamond Head, Ha

USS John C Stennis by Randall Wilson  As the sun sets, two Tomcats pass the bow to take up their C.A.P. positions. Riding shotgun is one of two cruiser escorts. On board is C.A.W.9 as she's homebound from another successful deployment.

USS Mississippi BB41 by Randall Wilson  USS Mississippi rides at anchor. A brief rest for the crew at the port of ADM Oldendorfs T.G. The ship is preparing for the Invasion of Okinawa.

Gunline Omaha by Randall Wilson  In support of the American landings at Utah and Omaha beaches, the USS Texas slugs it out with German heavy gun emplacements during the D-Day landings.

Yankie Station by Randall Wilson   CVN 65 USS Enterprise on her first deployment in the Gulf of Tonkin. On this day she flew 165 sorties, a carrier record! Two A4 Skyhawks head towards a bombing mission while an F4 phantom rides escort.

Birds Away (USS Long Beach) by Randall Wilson  USS Long Beach became the first ship to ever shoot down aircraft using missiles. She is seen firing two Talos Missiles that downed two MIGs at a range of 80 miles in May 1968.

USS Maddox by Randall Wilson  USS Maddox engaging North Vietnamese Torpedo Boats with 5" gunfire. August 2nd 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Setting of the Sun by Randall Wilson   USS Missouri and HMS King George V head south to Tokyo for the surrender, after completing the last shore bombardment of mainland Japan, 1945.

 

 

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Special Offer Pack of All Four Prints Price : £400

Stormclouds Gather by Nicolas Trudgian Price : £145

Fighter General by Graeme Lothian Price : £200

Adolf Galland / Messerschmitt Bf109 E-4 by Ivan Berryman Price : £145

JG52 - Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman Price : £80

ARTIST
Featured Artist - Nicolas Trudgian



Having graduated from art college, Nicolas Trudgian spent many years as a professional illustrator before turning to a career in fine art painting. His crisp style of realism, attention to detail, compositional skills and bright use of colours, immediately found favour with collectors and demand for his original work soared on both sides of the Atlantic. Today, more than a decade after becoming a fine art painter, Nicolas Trudgian is firmly established within a tiny, elite group of aviation artists whose works are genuinely collected world-wide. When he paints an aircraft you can be sure he has researched it in every detail and when he puts it over a particular airfield, the chances are he has paid it a recent visit. Even when he paints a sunset over a tropical island, or mist hanging over a valley in China, most probably he has seen it with his own eyes. Nick was born and raised in the seafaring city of Plymouth, the port from which the Pilgrim Fathers set sail in 1620, and where Sir Francis Drake played bowls while awaiting the Spanish Armada. Growing up in a house close to the railway station within a busy military city, the harbour always teeming with naval vessels and the skies above resonating with the sounds of naval aircraft, it was not at all surprising the young Nick became fascinated with trains, boats and aircraft. It was from his father, himself a talented artist, that Nick acquired his love of drawing and surrounded by so much that was inspiring, there was never a shortage of ideas for pictures. His talent began to show at an early age and although he did well enough at school, he always spent a disproportionate amount of time drawing. People talked about him becoming a Naval officer or an architect but in 1975 Nick's mind was made up. When he told his careers teacher he wanted to go to art school the man said, 'Now come on, what do you really want to do? After leaving school Nick began a one-year foundation course at the Plymouth College of Art. Now armed with an impressive portfolio containing paintings of jet aircraft, trains, even wildlife, he was immediately accepted at every college he applied to join. He chose a course at the Falmouth College of Art in Cornwall specialising in technical illustration and paintings of machines and vehicles for industry. It was perfect for Nick, and he was to become one of the star pupils. One of the lecturers commented at the time: Every college needs someone with a talent like Nick to raise the standards sky high; he carried all the other students along with him, and created an effect which will last for years to come. Two weeks after leaving art college Nick blew every penny he had on a trip to South Africa to ride the great steam trains across the desert, sketching them at every opportunity. Returning to England, in best traditions of all young artists, he struggled to make a living. Paintings by an unknown artist didn't fetch much despite the painstaking effort and time Nick put into each work, so when the college he had recently left offered him a job as a lecturer, he jumped at the chance. The money was good and he discovered that he really enjoyed teaching. Throughout the 1970s Nick was much involved with a railway preservation society near Plymouth and it was through the railway society that he had his first pictures reproduced as prints. But Nick felt he needed to advance his career and in summer 1985 Nick moved away from Cornwall to join an energetic new design studio in Wiltshire. Here he painted detailed artwork for many major companies including Rolls Royce, General Motors, Volvo Trucks, Alfa Romeo and, to his delight, the aviation and defence industries. He remembers the job as exciting though stressful, often requiring him to work right through the night to meet a client's deadline. Here he learned to be disciplined and fast. Towards the end of the 1980's Nick had the chance to work for the Military Gallery. This was the break that for years he had been striving towards and with typical enthusiasm, flung himself into his new role. After completing a series of aviation posters, including a gigantic painting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Royal Air Force, Nick's first aviation scene to be published as a limited edition was launched by the Military Gallery in 1991. Despite the fact he was unknown in the field, it was an immediate success. Over the past decade Nick has earned a special reputation for giving those who love his work much more than just aircraft in his paintings. He goes to enormous lengths with his backgrounds, filling them with interesting and accurate detail, all designed to help give the aircraft in his paintings a tremendous sense of location and purpose. His landscapes are quite breathtaking and his buildings demonstrate an uncanny knowledge of perspective but it is the hardware in his paintings which are most striking. Whether it is an aircraft, tank, petrol bowser, or tractor, Nick brings it to life with all the inordinate skill of a truly accomplished fine art painter. A prodigious researcher, Nick travels extensively in his constant quest for information and fresh ideas. He has visited India, China, South Africa, South America, the Caribbean and travels regularly to the United States and Canada. He likes nothing better than to be out and about with sketchbook at the ready and if there is an old steam train in the vicinity, well that's a bonus!

Messerchmitt Me109 Signature Prints



Save £170 on this specially selected pack of pilot signed Me109 aviation art prints. All four prints for £400, giving collectors these prints at trade discounted prices!

This pack of aviation art prints includes 4 separate prints, at a highly discounted price when purchased in this special pack. The prints included in the pack are :

Stormclouds Gather by Nicolas Trudgian,
Fighter General by Graeme Lothian,
Adolf Galland / Messerschmitt Bf109 E-4 by Ivan Berryman
and
LJG52 - Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman.

In all, the prints have 11 different signatures (12 in total) of pilots of Me109 aircraft of WW2.

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