Chris has produced a wealth of impressive paintings from the Napoleonic War.
American Civil War, English Civil War, and a variety of Portraits of Great
Military Leaders, He also has produced superb paintings of Pirates, a particular
favourite of his. These superb paintings are available as Signed Limited edition
prints for you to enjoy. Most images are shown on this site in the various
Gallery's indicated.
Chris studied at Berkshire College of Art 1966 - 1970 and then worked for
Halas and Batchelor as a background artist. In the golden age of book cover
illustration Chris made the Gunslinger, Crow and Herne series his own. To this
day the shelves of High Street booksellers are full of his work. Perhaps his
best known popular pieces are in the now famous Jorvik Centre's paintings which
form the focus of the exhibitions promotion and won a travel industry award. In
recent years his best work has been paintings, such as SPQR, Anne Bonny, Mary
Reid and Calico Jack Rackam and Blackbeard in Damnation Seize My Soul.
Chris's super realistic style, using oils, brilliantly reflects the
techniques.. passion and depth of the old masters he has a particular love of
portraiture, which his new portraits of Wellington and William of Orange
certainly reflects along with others from the English Civil war his love of the
subject. He is also fascinated by the awful romance of weaponry and war. Chris
uses traditional Dutch paints made today, as in 1664, and is meticulous in his
research and attention to detail, so scarce in our modern throw away society.
Sir Anthony Van Dyke, William Dobson, Sir Peter Lely and Fortunio Matania played
a vital part in Chris's formative years. He also is much influenced by
Meissonier and De Neuville
Chris Spends most of his time painting for Cranston Fine Arts, in his busy
schedule Chris can produce two Other Commission a year. Cranston Fine arts
arranged commissions on behalf of Chris and if you would like more information,
please contact us.
Click
on the buttons below to see art prints from your chosen era. all art
prints are ready for dispatch within 48 hours
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| The Saxons
& Vikings
Selection of paintings
and limited edition art prints.
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| The Roman
and Greek Empires
paintings and limited
edition art prints of gladiators, Centurians and legionaries and Greek
Spartans and Hoplites
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| Medieval
Art
medieval history
covered from Richard the Lion Heart, Richard Duke of Gloucester and
William III.
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| 15th - 18th
Century Scottish History
from King Robert the
Bruce to the fall of the Jacobite Rebellion at Culloden.
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| English
Civil War
large selection of
English civil war uniforms and battle scenes.
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| Buccaneers
and Pirates and Napoleonic naval Paintings
a trilogy of the great
pirates of the 17th and 18th century. and naval portraits
including Horatio Nelson
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| Napoleonic
Art
Napoleonic art prints
from the Peninsula War to the battle of Waterloo including portraits of
the Duke of Wellington.
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| American
War of 1812
British and American
forces during the battle of Lake Erie.
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| World War
I and World War Two
World War One and Two
of the Red baron, Romell and military
units 82nd Airborne, SS Panzer Grenadiers and South Lancashire Regiment
at D-Day.
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| Original
& Landscape Art
original paintings
offered for the first time used for film and book covers.
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| WARS
OF THE 19TH CENTURY, ZULU WAR, CRIMEAN WAR AND INDIA
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