Cag wrote:
Hi All,
Hi Joseph, well credit where it is due, it is a great piece of art, Frank, José and PaulC are extremely knowledgeable in Hood and Denmark Strait matters, so to get their blessing means a lot.
Well done again
Best wishes
Cag.
Hi Cag,
You are right - and I think I had already conceded further up in this thread that I was humbled at the extent of knowledge on these message boards. That being said I hope I never conveyed anything that may have been misinterpreted as thinking I knew more.. and of course I will humbly admit that there will be inaccuracies in this painting which may yet transpire. The pursuit of accurate portrayal of battle scenes is an information minefield. Entire volumes of information are transposed - and then different volumes are seldom in agreement anyway. Thankfully we can offer 'license' for some degree of leeway - although I am really trying not to hide behind that!
Thank you again for all your kind words and also your generous replies to the queries I had further up that was hugely appreciated.
PaulC wrote:
Absolutely mesmerizing work Joseph - so emotive and it's all enhanced by the detail you put into depicting Hood.
We are frozen in a moment, yet feel the action and the dread anticipation of what's about to happen.
I agree with Jose'. One of, if not the best I've seen!
Hi Paul,
Sorry for my slow replies.. I owe you a message reply and will get to that.. but I am grateful for your very kind words. The composition probably was the result of an inward compromise and conflict of interests - between wanting to accurately depict the violence of events for what they were - and pining to show the lines of this beautiful ship which I love so dearly. For example I was thankful to offer the explanation of the likely damage from a 38cm shell hit to HOOD's spotting top just not being visible from this angle - I couldn't bring myself to mar that tophammer which is such a prominent feature of the ship. It was even difficult to reconcile obscuring most of her quarter deck with the big plume of water to the right - but I felt that it was necessary (n/b: placing the ship in motion between two stationery objects is also a classical device in painting to illustrate speed and motion - so does have a purpose here). But the dread of anticipation as you put it, was exactly what I was hoping to illustrate, thereby I am very grateful for your reply!
Thank you again - and will be in touch shortly.
Best,
Joseph
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