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Freggaten Jylland, oil and graphite on wood panel, 61 x 61 cm, (24 x 24")
My father passed away while working on this model of the Danish steam frigate Jylland. I found the boat like this, upturned, scuttled, after he had passed,
which was very symbolic. This painting is to honour him, and a way to “complete” what my father had started. It is a very personal painting. It is painted quite
realistically, more so than many of my other paintings. I used photographic reference as always, and used graphite pencil to render the text of the blueprints
while the underlying paint layer was drying. It took about 40 hours of work.

paint in a realistic, representational I can see all of the colours and intricacies. underneath and a razor to scrape off used
I style, primarily with a figurative subject I begin with a simple pencil sketch of the paint. I mix all of my own colours from
matter. I begin each painting with a series composition, or more detailed if there are a primaries to black. Titanium white is the
of photographs of my model, whether lot of nuances, folds, waves, etc. I do not do only white on my palette. I begin in an area
a person, still life or landscape. While an underpainting but prefer to get right into of interest, and will sometimes resolve an
painting, I have at least 10 different images the painting process. entire area completely or work around the
of detailed areas of my composition so I paint on a glass palette with white paper whole painting. It depends on the day, my

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