Falling Inflation Handley Page Halifax it was extremely quiet

it was extremely quiet

the image depicts a small group of ‘erks’ as they nervously watch their repaired Lancaster take off

Few people realise in fact that the Hurricane shot down twice as many enemy aircraft as the Spitfire during the Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flies over the Lake District

Falling Inflation Handley Page Halifax it was extremely quietThis was in fact a canvas I painted on site at the Birmingham NEC during the Christmas '08 show. This is the sort of thing I like to do on the easel at shows with observers keen to come back the next day to see how it is progressing. This can be quite amusing as sometimes I don't know what it is going to finish up as myself! I adore the severe contrast between the relatively bright sky with the very dark ground, especially if there is plenty of water