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Abstraction - Painting figuratively for 15 years has taught me loads of technique, composition, colour theory. With this latest series of paintings I have put this together with the endorphin seeking part of my psyche to come up with a series of high energy abstracts that channel the buzz derived through sea swimming, cycling and running. When painting these I generally listen to music around 170bpm. I allow my mind to clear and get into a flow state. I use ripped cardboard to achieve texture and contrast this with smooth gradients. Sometimes I hide the medium, something I do often when painting murals. What do I mean by hide the medium? For me it's not leaving any single spray paint marks on the panel. Contrasting this with some obvious unaltered spray paint marks when my flow state allows this.

This painting is one of three in this series of 10 abstracts that are specifically derived from my experience swimming in the North Sea.

Acrylic spray paint on triple primed wood panel, 420 x 594 mm. Custom sprayed floating tray mount frame. Signed on reverse.

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Born 21 December 1913 - Died 9 October 1994

Raich Carter played football for Sunderland  from 1931 - 1939 and for Derby County from 1945 to 1948, and Hull City from 1948 to 1952. He also played Cricket for Derbyshire in 1946.

Raich Carter is know as on of Sunderland's greats and has become a legend for the club. This painting can been seen from Commercial Road when travelling south and is seen by thousands of people travelling out of the city every day. The image has been featured in the New York Times and has been used in the title sequence of Sunderland Til I Die on Netflix.

Unknown ship

Nobody knows who where and when the first ship in Sunderland was built. When researching for this project the first thing I thought of was trying to find the first ship built in Sunderland, this was impossible to find out so I have painted this ship as an example of one that may have been built around the time.

This A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches.

Quality Inkjet Print with Embossed FS stamp.

Torrens (1875 – 1910) was a clipper designed to carry passengers and cargo between London and Port Adelaide, South Australia. She was the fastest ship to sail on that route, and the last sailing ship on which Joseph Conrad would serve before embarking on his writing career.

This A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches.

Quality Inkjet Print with Embossed FS stamp.

8996 tons
1426ft long

The Sunderland Venture was built by Austin and Pickersgill Ltd in 1984. It was the last of 126 SD14 vessels to be built in Sunderland. The SD14 was a classic Sunderland ship, with SD possibly standing for Sunderland Design or Standard Design or Shelter Deck. The Shelter Deck design meant that less tax was paid when travelling through the Panama Canal.

This A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches.

Quality Inkjet Print with Embossed FS stamp.

Stena Seawell

121m Long
9158 Tons

Off Shore Supply Ship

The Seawell entered service in 1987 as a diving support vessel but it is widely credited with pioneering subsea light well intervention in the North Sea after completing its first well intervention project in 1988. In 1996 the Seawell performed what is thought to be the first ever installation of a replacement subsea tree from a Dynamically Positioned mono-hull vessel anywhere in the world. In 1998 the Seawell completed the world's first ever wireline intervention on a horizontal subsea tree on Amoco Exploration's Arkwright Field in the North Sea. Currently owned by Helix Energy Solutions Group and operated by the company’s well intervention business unit, Helix Well Ops, the Seawell has entered more than 650 wells, decommissioned more than 150 live and suspended wells and 15 subsea fields. The vessel is Dynamically Positioned and features a purpose-built derrick over a 7 m x 5 m moonpool and a traveling block rated to 80 Te capacity in passive mode.

This A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches.

Quality Inkjet Print with Embossed FS stamp.

Built 1974

71,967 Tons

She was launched as NAESS CHIEFTAIN, and was the first of two 150000dwt ore/ oil carriers completed 1974/ 1975 in Sunderland for the Denholm Group.

She was renamed NORDIC CHIEFTAIN during fitting out in August 1974 when this was taken.

This A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches.

Quality Inkjet Print with Embossed FS stamp.

La Hogue was a wooden full-rigged ship built by James Laing, Sunderland and launched in 1855 for Duncan Dunbar. She was used in the passenger and cargo trade to Australia and New Zealand. Her figurehead was a lion rampant supporting a shield with the St Andrew's Cross.

She was sold to Devitt and Moore, London in 1863 and continued her passenger and cargo trade to Australia and New Zealand. In 1886, she was sold to Thomas Hick, London and was used in the timber trade from the Baltic to London.

This A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches.

Quality Inkjet Print with Embossed FS stamp.

Empire Liberty

Empire Liberty was the prototype Liberty ship. She was a 7,157 GRT cargo ship which was built by J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. Launched on 23 August 1941 and completed in November 1941. Allocated in 1943 to the Greek Government and renamed Kyklades. Sold in 1947 to H C Dracoulis, Greece and renamed Mentor. Scrapped in October 1960 in Osaka, Japan.

The Liberty Ships played a massive part in World War 2 and the Sunderland created designs where licensed to other shipyards in England and America.

This A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches.

Quality Inkjet Print with Embossed FS stamp.

City of Adelaide

City of Adelaide is a clipper ship, built by William Hay and Company in Sunderland, and launched on 7 May 1864. The ship was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Carrick between 1923 and 1948 and, after decommissioning, was known as Carrick until 2001. Built to transport goods and passengers between England and Australia, the ship is the subject of controversy when it was sent to Australia after lying in state of disrepair in Scotland.

This A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches.

A History of Sunderland Shipbuilding.

This project was commissioned by Sunderland City Council to coincide with the opening of the Tallships Sunderland 2018. This wall is located on the High Street in Sunderland and backs onto the Port of Sunderland.

Charlotte
Charlotte, a snow, later a brig.

94ft long
284 tons

Ship built by Benjamin Hodgson and Co. The Charlotte is Lloyd's register listed from 1841 through to 1869. Owned until 1848 by A Grey of Newcastle for service from Sunderland to the Cape of Good Hope in Cape Town South Africa. From 1849 the ship was owned by Thompson of South Shields for Service between Newcastle and California. In 1853 Middleton of Shields became the owner, initially for service from London to Launceston in Tasmania. Middleton was also the ships captain during this period. From 1857 J Watt from South Shields was her owner for the service from Waterford in Ireland to the mediterranean and from Newport, Wales, to Quebec, Canada. Sometime between 1856 and 1870 the vessel was sold and ended up with an owner called John Blenkinsop

She was abandoned at Lynn Well Light (near Hunstanton, Norfolk), while en route from Tyne Dock to Spezzia (La Spezia, SE of Genoa), Italy, with a cargo of coal. Crew of 9 - none lost.

A3 sized print (The A3 size print measures 29.7 x 42.0cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches)