mobydog Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I thought I would show you my latest painting, acrylic on canvas, for you to peruse. I grew up near Pendeford Airfield on the outskirts of Wolverehampton. Boulton Paul used this place as their own airfield and every Defiant and Balliol would have taken off from here. During the fifties and sixties Don Everall operated his small airline from Pendeford and I depict one of their DC-3s taking off toward the end of the fifties. This plane was actually written off in 1960 when it crashed on take from Elmdon, Birmingham. Don Everall were a big travel company in the fifties, sixties and seventies with over 50 travel agencies, a huge coach fleet and numerous holiday parks around the country. Their small airline consisted of a couple of DC-3s and some Dragon Rapides. As far as the picture is concerned, there was a lot of research I had to undertake to reconsturct the buildings. A lot of photos exist depicting various bits of the site but it was quite tricky reconstructing the view in the painting. One of the tools I used was to take many stills from the movie "The Man in the Sky" starring Jack Hawkins. Sadly the airfield closed in 1974 and now suburban housing sits on the ghosts of it's airstrips. Happily Guy Everall, the great nephew of Don, who still works in aviation, has agreed to buy the original painting. Local press did a feature which can be read here:-https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2017/10/27/painting-of-airfield-brings-old-site-to-life/ Thanks for looking 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 That's very evocative - and an excellent likeness. Thanks for sharing it. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Very nice and moody painting Andy, it's like seeing back in time to the actual place and day. I couldn't see the attached Photobucket image, but I folllowed the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Lovely stuff, also featured in the Stourbridge Chronicle this week with some other background info. Wobaston Road still has the remnants of the aerospace industry there, and a shame the Boulton Paul Museum is now gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Fabulous work! I would love to have that hanging on my wall (Mrs. Gorby probably less so). If that signature is 'Gould' then we are probably distantly related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsyouruncle Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Very nice and evocative. Well done on the research and I love the shiny reflections in the undersides. cheers Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswear1 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Very, very nice piece of art, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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