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5am and drowning with one little orange lifeboat

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2019-11-02

There have been many tragic incidents in storms off the Yorkshire Coast. One of the worst being the loss of five lives trying to save the Schooner ‘Coupland,’ when five people lost their lives including two from the lifeboat ‘Amelia.’ (Scarborough 1861)

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2019-09-30

Eric Ravilious, Lifeboat, 1938.

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2019-06-12

On This Day - April 24th, 1916 the ‘James Caird’ lifeboat was launched.
Aboard Tom Crean (Co. Kerry), Sir Ernest Shackleton (Co. Kildare), Tim McCarthy (Co. Cork), "Chippy" McNish, John Vincent & Frank Worsley. available from

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2019-04-24

Hello I have doodled a heroic trio of animal lifeboat rescuers. Tim the fox, Clive the eagle and Judith the cat are out saving lives 24/7.

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2019-02-28

Less than a month to the deadline for - a fully-funded, ten-day residency at the Porthleven Lifeboat Art Studio.

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2019-01-16

RNLI Art for Lifeboats Exhibition North Devon Yacht Club 19-21st October

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2018-10-18

Plein air watching the lifeboats playing in the surf at Hastings # hastings

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2018-10-14

Out with the cad red and yellow today working on the jacket and life jacket. Knocking back the whiteness of the canvas to let the gecko helmet sing. Part of the portrait project. “OilSkins” A portrait of the this November

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2018-08-20

This big narrative piece had lots of colour added in over the terra vert base. Need to make the foreground dark so you look through the picture. Part of my portrait project the November.

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2018-07-30

Detail of the large narrative piece I’m working on. I feel it’s starting to have the intensity, Not there yet with other parts. I’m going to add subtle glazes of green (terra vert). Part of my portrait project.

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2018-07-11

Couldn’t resist starting the next lifeboat crew portrait. This is stage one, drawn out in transparent terra vert and Payne’s grey. Not worrying about tonal value yet.

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2018-01-05

Lifeboat - Bo Bartlett

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2017-12-10

The tiniest lifeboat, with the people I know.

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2017-12-03