tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54907113463926224202024-03-20T10:05:21.092+00:00Charles Thompson's blogCharles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-80245725151300508902011-02-16T13:30:00.002+00:002011-02-16T13:31:00.314+00:00Myrina fortress from port. Oil. A3.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBhc1oB5-8JjUFLQPCv8KZiXub1Jdt5lRz4MEyDMooX8kIV050cUWR0iBcbYERZTjrMmu1h2Z-2mfyYBL9MacrzuytvKd-650eiK0D1-juh0zOlgFuiuk1lO5eBNT6_iqdjVCOdiQZ_Q/s1600/554+Myrina+Port%2C+Lemnos.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574279359010180402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBhc1oB5-8JjUFLQPCv8KZiXub1Jdt5lRz4MEyDMooX8kIV050cUWR0iBcbYERZTjrMmu1h2Z-2mfyYBL9MacrzuytvKd-650eiK0D1-juh0zOlgFuiuk1lO5eBNT6_iqdjVCOdiQZ_Q/s320/554+Myrina+Port%252C+Lemnos.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-84501301580773051162011-02-16T13:18:00.002+00:002011-02-16T13:23:13.237+00:00Hendon's Hart Takes Flight.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqvKMz5Mrq3sRJjNiSJjtwHZsIWZ8xIB2BHkf6W6jBQ_jFldDXoVLV0kLCWu14dKvH_h9DCN06qZ-gllqoiIqxBG9PMODYBfEdNXs_D49OGBZ7TB-2p4XxW372dCjAKcR9Xh2KRK5IKA/s1600/552+Hendon%27s+Hart+Takes+Flight.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574277332713015906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqvKMz5Mrq3sRJjNiSJjtwHZsIWZ8xIB2BHkf6W6jBQ_jFldDXoVLV0kLCWu14dKvH_h9DCN06qZ-gllqoiIqxBG9PMODYBfEdNXs_D49OGBZ7TB-2p4XxW372dCjAKcR9Xh2KRK5IKA/s320/552+Hendon%2527s+Hart+Takes+Flight.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-5378183570410363702011-02-16T13:13:00.002+00:002011-02-16T13:18:17.990+00:00Star Duster Gets Another Star.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_JMTERGTM-1PVe7KW81v9FZ8wlwienDvwjuZKh-Lp0n3ShDCXDmfzVyWAjxrC0_fvrfka6W-O2W5fmUoHSEWyYiYwIvNAutbKce-8fPVQsjl9hFI9lxdisOwTHb08nklnnw-A7eZcb4/s1600/505+Star+Duster+Gets+Another+Star.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574275487109374050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_JMTERGTM-1PVe7KW81v9FZ8wlwienDvwjuZKh-Lp0n3ShDCXDmfzVyWAjxrC0_fvrfka6W-O2W5fmUoHSEWyYiYwIvNAutbKce-8fPVQsjl9hFI9lxdisOwTHb08nklnnw-A7eZcb4/s320/505+Star+Duster+Gets+Another+Star.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-92035257811099853142011-01-31T16:45:00.005+00:002011-02-02T15:19:54.645+00:00The Graceful Princess<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3NIjzNmttn5D3toBiHo_YxdWVER6wyEIcnbxgd3ERzbQkc01c-hKgF1Bi2uvGTlN4CjDNLxkUkvKrILb446mOh3zexNYKRlCOoNRV7qP_3U_CjS3Spx75ISzJgn8xpFG05glfwWM8Dk/s1600/C.+Thompson.+Entry+No.2.+THE+GRACEFUL+PRINCESS.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568393843896619074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3NIjzNmttn5D3toBiHo_YxdWVER6wyEIcnbxgd3ERzbQkc01c-hKgF1Bi2uvGTlN4CjDNLxkUkvKrILb446mOh3zexNYKRlCOoNRV7qP_3U_CjS3Spx75ISzJgn8xpFG05glfwWM8Dk/s320/C.+Thompson.+Entry+No.2.+THE+GRACEFUL+PRINCESS.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3NIjzNmttn5D3toBiHo_YxdWVER6wyEIcnbxgd3ERzbQkc01c-hKgF1Bi2uvGTlN4CjDNLxkUkvKrILb446mOh3zexNYKRlCOoNRV7qP_3U_CjS3Spx75ISzJgn8xpFG05glfwWM8Dk/s1600/C.+Thompson.+Entry+No.2.+THE+GRACEFUL+PRINCESS.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"><em>Three prototypes of this gigantic flying boat intended for commercial service were constructed in Britain between 1943 and 1953. The Saunders Roe Princess was almost as large as the Hughes H.2 Hercules (Spruce Goose) with a 215ft span and a 330,000lb take-off weight. It had the largest pressureized hull ever built, fly-by-wire controls and designed to carry a 40,000lb payload at a cruising speed of 360mph. Power plants were ten 3,780hp Proteus Prop-turbine engines, eight of them coupled in pairs and driving contra-rotating propellers. Only one flew - G-ALUN - before the programme was scrapped. This painting in oils on a 50cm x 70cm canvas shows the Princess flying over the White Cliffs near Dover. It was exhibited at the 2010 Guild of Aviation Artists exhibition, London.</em></span></a><br /><br /></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-27156369394984575402011-01-25T14:43:00.002+00:002011-01-25T14:43:42.730+00:00Zepher Zodiac Mk 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TYNFR7GPXLF-OSbgPHsS7Jx-DMahQiLWaFnhDVtFLCtOYdGA_xryTS5kV3_NRfxRnuSIX8bUFAala7LRsszninJm1ktCJRRphc3nKIVNcztqlLTbysPd3YxJfY7htLuZ5c6eDD1jlIs/s1600/Mk+III+Zephyr%2C+Zodiac+%233.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566134222185574002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TYNFR7GPXLF-OSbgPHsS7Jx-DMahQiLWaFnhDVtFLCtOYdGA_xryTS5kV3_NRfxRnuSIX8bUFAala7LRsszninJm1ktCJRRphc3nKIVNcztqlLTbysPd3YxJfY7htLuZ5c6eDD1jlIs/s320/Mk+III+Zephyr%252C+Zodiac+%25233.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-87773611140623746702011-01-25T14:42:00.002+00:002011-01-25T14:43:04.066+00:00Zepher Zodiac Mk 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4JiuTrgPCncF01L5vVRkkqy6svUJ_8ZKYMt7X_RoQUX0KMNPdYdgcl0Nt1dMM1-fFuENOhq6wh58IkFIDCKuCkHV7JfoGLdCP_qEX8govsB9gzy1dgNnbz9jWJq8aDopq0ZEyE_DfEc/s1600/Mk+III+Zephyr%2C+Zodiac+%232.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566134062476117314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4JiuTrgPCncF01L5vVRkkqy6svUJ_8ZKYMt7X_RoQUX0KMNPdYdgcl0Nt1dMM1-fFuENOhq6wh58IkFIDCKuCkHV7JfoGLdCP_qEX8govsB9gzy1dgNnbz9jWJq8aDopq0ZEyE_DfEc/s320/Mk+III+Zephyr%252C+Zodiac+%25232.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-37459811083092375992011-01-25T14:41:00.002+00:002011-01-25T14:42:36.904+00:00Zepher Zodiac Mk 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBd5hPZQykBG0nuI53zZhdAcM51L7hA7Aey7cJ1mNg80Zq6QhR1dchEf3FkZ_25Lh89aTWb4f-BxcfNqDDkCyXjYlMtGT51K4Qbl2VvodgoHn_h4iZVHFqsc6KuuWiuZNpxeRertRICQ/s1600/Mk+III+Zephyr%2C+Zodiac+%231.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566133842590225602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBd5hPZQykBG0nuI53zZhdAcM51L7hA7Aey7cJ1mNg80Zq6QhR1dchEf3FkZ_25Lh89aTWb4f-BxcfNqDDkCyXjYlMtGT51K4Qbl2VvodgoHn_h4iZVHFqsc6KuuWiuZNpxeRertRICQ/s320/Mk+III+Zephyr%252C+Zodiac+%25231.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-68976878553277138482011-01-25T14:40:00.000+00:002011-01-25T14:41:34.168+00:00Coupe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUkIKtW6sv_BaLIMG_DgmU6XzoUMbqIn7rtt5P1jkCW7PrsFGVk2Ll9vx4kmvoyVYbvrFi7Nm0oQ_VCJDtRMXi7NrzJGuDIrsNf-mw0u77docY9cUCDqjXu1T6m2qUNghA8MTMZd-NWs/s1600/Corsair+coupe+%233.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566133495054168834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUkIKtW6sv_BaLIMG_DgmU6XzoUMbqIn7rtt5P1jkCW7PrsFGVk2Ll9vx4kmvoyVYbvrFi7Nm0oQ_VCJDtRMXi7NrzJGuDIrsNf-mw0u77docY9cUCDqjXu1T6m2qUNghA8MTMZd-NWs/s320/Corsair+coupe+%25233.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgScIUOP6G83rY9cCPbYWyIfO1lgj1d32IwPT9-ckdqyRRgWPFYIqAny6mdTWrynATvUPaHP4jEj0OTTE60OUZ99wevY5qi-MQrig88EUMj35qWeT-6pnO91G6Tn8BXU27iZzDC5Wwm4/s1600/Corsair+coupe+#1.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-45582989019833298152011-01-25T14:39:00.002+00:002011-01-25T14:40:02.280+00:00Corsair<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDXu-cnfQ0owlBzNTUTNtU1VVY6EiVjJIfGgrOcoI3aSSaqFStSB9AAlrepR0OdONnx80cTBohwn7_d0Ar0KjooM8dUvPesabTbtGg1vFrXa3YOs3iwWV1vGz1Z_hnqcRblwDyZghL8M/s1600/Copy+of+Corsair+coupe+%232.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566133230694954962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 151px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDXu-cnfQ0owlBzNTUTNtU1VVY6EiVjJIfGgrOcoI3aSSaqFStSB9AAlrepR0OdONnx80cTBohwn7_d0Ar0KjooM8dUvPesabTbtGg1vFrXa3YOs3iwWV1vGz1Z_hnqcRblwDyZghL8M/s320/Copy+of+Corsair+coupe+%25232.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-23499890526505226312011-01-25T14:35:00.001+00:002011-01-25T14:37:16.576+00:00Ford design sketches.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5s-v0mKiEZbDQnGh6JHTYoeaBYiJSeEGcR54gzyvwPLe1JI_YMxCV5FcBPTXhZtJhBeQ6BQfGsbbd6dJEShrtZk0XO-FCsMhZyHwP2k5QBIZr6uWQ4af80ZdqPyNdqhM99SNBI_S32U/s1600/Copy+of+Corsair+coupe+%231.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566132473146956626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 151px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5s-v0mKiEZbDQnGh6JHTYoeaBYiJSeEGcR54gzyvwPLe1JI_YMxCV5FcBPTXhZtJhBeQ6BQfGsbbd6dJEShrtZk0XO-FCsMhZyHwP2k5QBIZr6uWQ4af80ZdqPyNdqhM99SNBI_S32U/s320/Copy+of+Corsair+coupe+%25231.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-20310084937517010972011-01-25T14:33:00.002+00:002011-01-25T14:35:03.902+00:00Buddies.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9oB0lepQS6TZZSYra0STpvQX85mlniMv6BOC3cwttdGzsrX3Hd35fShzXrA-AGUSLXzMjRsiBH796I1cnmV73OuQrq3Z7OEY29fqPIVNMmlmxucryPrKdDNu322klL_cTrLv_K7rVRI/s1600/553+Buddies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566131795004250290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9oB0lepQS6TZZSYra0STpvQX85mlniMv6BOC3cwttdGzsrX3Hd35fShzXrA-AGUSLXzMjRsiBH796I1cnmV73OuQrq3Z7OEY29fqPIVNMmlmxucryPrKdDNu322klL_cTrLv_K7rVRI/s320/553+Buddies.jpg" border="0" /></a> Oil on canvas.<br /><div>Latest work.</div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-84413291230946199912010-11-03T11:54:00.003+00:002010-11-03T11:56:48.046+00:00MEW GULL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Y4ogHgi1JcVNvIEal3OgJWHkSuBqzIslzYl6fVGGK8KKQVngpEQoeLj7Nh6nSU3okp__5xUs6hcoNzbvh454QByQN4ecH4kg7GJ_84Dc3TodQJXAAZu7rMjsBkgIU5cHnBjyROFR9KM/s1600/Mew+Gull+Painting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535290854417208050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Y4ogHgi1JcVNvIEal3OgJWHkSuBqzIslzYl6fVGGK8KKQVngpEQoeLj7Nh6nSU3okp__5xUs6hcoNzbvh454QByQN4ecH4kg7GJ_84Dc3TodQJXAAZu7rMjsBkgIU5cHnBjyROFR9KM/s320/Mew+Gull+Painting.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The painting of the Mew Gull was done while attending The Big Draw that was held at RAF Museum, Hendon last week, where kids on school break are invited to come to the Museum and draw and paint.</div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-13690388493719506052010-11-03T11:50:00.003+00:002010-11-03T11:54:10.176+00:00Some admirers.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pi2GMmL_iZHM-lWP91Cu02p55ObuJkBemb8J89njPydhugXZE3EC8WYZXuGocJ0WslsA4FEg6mlZ_uxY5DdJojzO8i4rmLK1IwoOVEp4r5gisFDR_lCMTgzSIC07ltzMvxQ0-O2m_lQ/s1600/Young+visitors+to+the+Big+Draw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535289930638002178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pi2GMmL_iZHM-lWP91Cu02p55ObuJkBemb8J89njPydhugXZE3EC8WYZXuGocJ0WslsA4FEg6mlZ_uxY5DdJojzO8i4rmLK1IwoOVEp4r5gisFDR_lCMTgzSIC07ltzMvxQ0-O2m_lQ/s320/Young+visitors+to+the+Big+Draw.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-38940065647116130872010-11-03T11:49:00.001+00:002010-11-03T11:50:36.034+00:00English Electric Lightning.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIO9GRQqMjilzdYOSYKSm1Vecx-HjcEKTE-bK28XgNd1rCltjo6Kf910KNdw_T6dcV1OsbLuBhnjNOTWrEYUFEO6syyauzHIC-obvgparAGjmjvTezLz1SpP4yxwbhi7CAhMkGBnhhdpE/s1600/551+Lightning+at+Duxford.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535289538450013714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIO9GRQqMjilzdYOSYKSm1Vecx-HjcEKTE-bK28XgNd1rCltjo6Kf910KNdw_T6dcV1OsbLuBhnjNOTWrEYUFEO6syyauzHIC-obvgparAGjmjvTezLz1SpP4yxwbhi7CAhMkGBnhhdpE/s320/551+Lightning+at+Duxford.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My painting of the English Electric Lightning which I did at Duxford on Sat 14th August.</div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-1879152835089588782010-11-01T11:36:00.002+00:002010-11-01T11:37:22.214+00:00Lemnos. Watercolour Paintings.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4XOr1CFNK5v7dMJwJzs0Jt4XLlPr9tupdPlUIqLso2U4PD8Dmn65seTkjlbIQj6Oywq1hph8zgyfr9nk1KaaMJHuUTqBCiG7nGzNoX3feUVt8XO_9Un6dXMUJeBovOwJmNvDCsSGoA8/s1600/Castle+Rock+from+our+Beach.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534543918852407090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4XOr1CFNK5v7dMJwJzs0Jt4XLlPr9tupdPlUIqLso2U4PD8Dmn65seTkjlbIQj6Oywq1hph8zgyfr9nk1KaaMJHuUTqBCiG7nGzNoX3feUVt8XO_9Un6dXMUJeBovOwJmNvDCsSGoA8/s320/Castle+Rock+from+our+Beach.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-74094510147826582082010-11-01T11:34:00.004+00:002010-11-01T11:36:15.967+00:00Lemnos. Watercolour Paintings.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ4Y9crT3ziLqCPTQkRF-b-_Bl7Qt_LNIge7BQskgpJ1fjpQwEVuFIQURb-kO6K9eg7_1dg539BhysrzWNr6UueCW_EDFXenxyOE18p_vMoHEt7cFXOecbCpTLB4k9GwEQ8YOtbROA4c/s1600/WC+painting+-+Mackerel+Clouds..jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534543467772108898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ4Y9crT3ziLqCPTQkRF-b-_Bl7Qt_LNIge7BQskgpJ1fjpQwEVuFIQURb-kO6K9eg7_1dg539BhysrzWNr6UueCW_EDFXenxyOE18p_vMoHEt7cFXOecbCpTLB4k9GwEQ8YOtbROA4c/s320/WC+painting+-+Mackerel+Clouds..jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-52012444770823058462010-11-01T11:34:00.002+00:002010-11-01T11:34:48.435+00:00Lemnos. Watercolour Paintings.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8OLa1eA0EkDqW4YjQEaoAjeyFA7KgT3J6Cw5R0i8BRcnyhHBV8blFURK5YicfsF6tLLPts3FYMU3k8VW3GFTRwLj3hh20QtTkR1iNcy4oOCXnU8eK6IHHwvDPDQ0Hd8H76MhKR-n-hc/s1600/WC+painting+-+Gomati+Shore.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534543277177459602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8OLa1eA0EkDqW4YjQEaoAjeyFA7KgT3J6Cw5R0i8BRcnyhHBV8blFURK5YicfsF6tLLPts3FYMU3k8VW3GFTRwLj3hh20QtTkR1iNcy4oOCXnU8eK6IHHwvDPDQ0Hd8H76MhKR-n-hc/s320/WC+painting+-+Gomati+Shore.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-8414549094982718152010-11-01T11:30:00.001+00:002010-11-01T11:34:00.423+00:00Lemnos. Watercolour Paintings.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrsEXIbRF9XndoTysIzaCkIx9vmoj_P1E6QhdD7sNpKyDIOY813BczRTANMQv0PdlR3pxP4sm1r9Kr8bA1J8SKdFqoMHOOmWRBrQvKZhkpS0eiAfpDbGD8-os6zUTqxBl3jHz7dUYGgU/s1600/WC+painting+-+Castle+Viewed+from+the+Harbour.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534542999713826242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrsEXIbRF9XndoTysIzaCkIx9vmoj_P1E6QhdD7sNpKyDIOY813BczRTANMQv0PdlR3pxP4sm1r9Kr8bA1J8SKdFqoMHOOmWRBrQvKZhkpS0eiAfpDbGD8-os6zUTqxBl3jHz7dUYGgU/s320/WC+painting+-+Castle+Viewed+from+the+Harbour.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-23886123568151529362010-05-17T18:33:00.002+01:002010-05-17T19:04:30.674+01:00THE FOLLOWING SIX PAINTINGS WERE ACCEPTED FOR THE GUILD OF AVIATION ARTISTS' 2010 AVIATION PAINTINGS OF THE YEAR EXHIBITIONCharles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-44463318538677251892010-05-17T16:30:00.002+01:002010-05-17T16:49:23.445+01:00"FLIGHT OF FANCY - TYPHOONS"<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472261817364014978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_544hAKU8MlEr6-HGrrO7iNHP4g8ZtxvJvuSY9LuHOg3VWKAQl8iQfgaEOpsD1kAupEIHjGPYNamcoxcA1p0BfHwcNHH3w9EQJC5QXT8xGlu6L2tClpWBxL8hNR0zUUKoYH2ZShiXfNg/s320/549+Flight+of+Fancy,+Typhoons.jpg" />Oil on 60cm x 40cm canvas. Frame size 72cm x 52cm. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Two Hawker Typhoon IBs of No 3 Squadron RAF (circa 1943) fly in fanciful formation with a Eurofighter Typhoon, also of No 3 Sqadron, of today. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The motto of No 3 Sqadron - the first RAF Squadron to be established - is <em>"Tertius Primus Erit" ("The Third Shall be First")</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_544hAKU8MlEr6-HGrrO7iNHP4g8ZtxvJvuSY9LuHOg3VWKAQl8iQfgaEOpsD1kAupEIHjGPYNamcoxcA1p0BfHwcNHH3w9EQJC5QXT8xGlu6L2tClpWBxL8hNR0zUUKoYH2ZShiXfNg/s1600/549+Flight+of+Fancy,+Typhoons.jpg">.</a><br /></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-57174393008912473612010-05-17T13:32:00.002+01:002010-05-17T17:00:19.446+01:00"FLIGHT OF FANCY - TORNADOS"<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472215922066373138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflyhWDfC8pZL-EZ8u2mLEckuX1UM-EAJV35JX8_9qJO9WNtnZKBvGxyQGlblQSMivRCT80Za3HcpbFnMGCEzPKBSE8Y0GUERE2DotdpKKxCR9CToRPFG43yIgkPt1hYtkMIpzRO7oAdU/s320/548+Flight+of+Fancy,+Tornados.jpg" />Oil on 60cm x 40cm canvas. Framed size 72cm x 52cm.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Panavia Tornado F.3 of No.5 Squadron RAF flies in fanciful formation with a prototype Hawker Tornado powered by a 1,706HP Rolls Royce Vulture II engine. Although several prototypes were built, trouble with the Vulture engine resulted in the Tornado giving way to the Hawker Typhoon.</div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-25638966043343138532010-05-17T13:15:00.003+01:002010-05-17T18:26:34.087+01:00"SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND"<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472211710867785234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTlxvFj1Luixe1NxDwqdWGaQ-n7ZFD1D6pjctKXgz0G5zxJpbTOefoUr438kKBiDP6TIHrUB6ZaiHRS5J36rA4Pcy69T5n5yBU08e4dTeftlfs9lenqXGPKFDNpOiNFLsS-_Id9iIuOU/s320/547+Somewhere+in+England.jpg" />Oil on 60cm x 40cm canvas. Frame size 72cm x 51.5cm.</div><div align="center">Supermarine Spitfire MkIB ready and waiting to be scrambled at an airfield - 'somewhere in England' - while a kingfisher ignores the 'NO FISHING' sign in the Autumn of 1940.<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-21693957428746609782010-05-17T11:10:00.004+01:002010-05-17T19:34:18.164+01:00"SUNDERLAND SUNSET"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjrxWUoIk72KM2A8t-2UMjIDiRgTsYTh5v424ogxy8eZMfxekpZNuZNHFrjcykdpn5v3V-DOKOpvP3Fc1H2YlN0QFVlol0KJcTkxRXejb_roPpaYgLfIbDcWUpiEbIALii7KVshJfgmI/s1600/546+Sunderland+Sunset.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 157px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472308773129290370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjrxWUoIk72KM2A8t-2UMjIDiRgTsYTh5v424ogxy8eZMfxekpZNuZNHFrjcykdpn5v3V-DOKOpvP3Fc1H2YlN0QFVlol0KJcTkxRXejb_roPpaYgLfIbDcWUpiEbIALii7KVshJfgmI/s320/546+Sunderland+Sunset.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1VzZcZfEm7cIzvu9cyJZ37Jqj_ZV7yO0ruazS1rn2laTGCZH9FrQVIFgM-G2SluhwLOz-KdCXrBOB60UBh5oYERhWLicdYzIBM8cgIzkeIaT9-KIMfPDK7P6Kr8K0pe67RQTM97XYiw/s1600/546+Sunderland+Sunset.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 11px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 2px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472179521105363954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1VzZcZfEm7cIzvu9cyJZ37Jqj_ZV7yO0ruazS1rn2laTGCZH9FrQVIFgM-G2SluhwLOz-KdCXrBOB60UBh5oYERhWLicdYzIBM8cgIzkeIaT9-KIMfPDK7P6Kr8K0pe67RQTM97XYiw/s320/546+Sunderland+Sunset.jpg" /></a> Oil on 76cm x 38cm canvas. Frame size 88cm x 49.5cm. </div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-49275191670804456702010-05-17T10:56:00.003+01:002010-05-17T18:30:37.306+01:00AVRO ANSON AT DUXFORD<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyDIUCGrdRaiQ5TlQ4JEbAY5OqmVruKNR2Ca7QpxBiu5GXFpIqLnLrenZqnexeEnHFDYhizv3VtGFR7WXLY6cQPpww59KrN9866WO4ul_nJ02VJhl_pOm3CB4LfpsjUYse8WCFrjzodk/s1600/544+Avro+Anson,+Duxford.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 220px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472177628944071234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyDIUCGrdRaiQ5TlQ4JEbAY5OqmVruKNR2Ca7QpxBiu5GXFpIqLnLrenZqnexeEnHFDYhizv3VtGFR7WXLY6cQPpww59KrN9866WO4ul_nJ02VJhl_pOm3CB4LfpsjUYse8WCFrjzodk/s320/544+Avro+Anson,+Duxford.jpg" /></a> Oil on 25cm x 36cm canvas - Framed size 47.4 cm x 37 cm.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Painted on site during a Guild of Aviation Artists' painting day at Duxford .</div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490711346392622420.post-43228540486830453102010-05-17T10:43:00.007+01:002010-05-17T18:33:01.244+01:00"SUNNY SALLY 'B'"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCFBiZbWeKJiQtZTJX7UdBXbVmYomiwbtRGPf1o40ofUv_qCSFStL0_P_QBFPaUgloIvOa044zoE7Qx1DWUza-dIbfb__MJiOoSYcf6VaDYqy-eBCNyV2SRXAIlN_Zd0FJCxtcQgUie4/s1600/543+Sunny+Sally+B.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472178919845377602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCFBiZbWeKJiQtZTJX7UdBXbVmYomiwbtRGPf1o40ofUv_qCSFStL0_P_QBFPaUgloIvOa044zoE7Qx1DWUza-dIbfb__MJiOoSYcf6VaDYqy-eBCNyV2SRXAIlN_Zd0FJCxtcQgUie4/s320/543+Sunny+Sally+B.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglF7ojiGdZ1YFCBTeXqFF0PUZH0jK-abw6kIxRvfxiADtXL_eEC9V7_pqbtGyJ6T-O9EWWL4mLGifNrdp2HGPowoncRm6ghrp10MSg0z8r3MsMmyC_ZJSznbkpokRbWSSt7BCbdohzAp4/s1600/543+Sunny+Sally+B.jpg"></a>Oil on 30cm x 25cm canvas. Frame size 42cm x 37cm<br /><br />Painted on site during a Guild of Aviation painting day at Duxford, 2009.</div>Charles Thompson's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523706420096049147noreply@blogger.com0