View attachment 12803 I just finished this tribute painting of Battle-Cruiser Hood's wreck site and thought I would share it. It is still too early to put the flat varnish on it, so I apologize for the glare at the top of the canvas. Anyway, I felt compelled to do this because I have not seen any artwork on this great ship's wreck (as compared to the ship that sank her). This is probably due to the tragic and almost total destruction of the Hood, and that it's wreckage is spread over such a wide area. Also, there is not much left of her that still looks like a ship anymore. Therefore, I tried to do a montage painting of the major three sections of the wreck: The bow laying on it's starboard side (in the upper left of the canvas), the upturned "midsection" (in the middle left), and the up-righted stern section being situated in the middle. In the foreground, I put a variety of some of the recognizable wreckage, such as part of the conning tower, the ship's bell, half of a torpedo, and a tragic reminder of the human tragedy; a pair of boots. I tried to paint it as accurate as possible by using books and the Hood Association website, but there are some areas where I had to go by reading a description of the wreckage. Therefore, it might be far from accurate. One thing I did do to help blend the different images in is to put in clouds of sediment around the painting. Visibility at the bottom of the Denmark Strait is apparently very bad due to strong currents blowing silt up. Finally, I tried to put in some detail, such as implosion trenches on the upturned bottom of the midsection. I also put Hood's rudder to the 20 degree turn to port that she made right before the fatal hit. And by the bow, there is the memorial plaque that Ted Briggs left when he visited the expedition that located the wreck in 2001. Hope you like looking at it!
Great stuff Darren, now let's see her with "the bone in her teeth" as a living ship driving through the sea! She was a beautiful ship after all.
Well, I have already painted that small one of her in action that is displayed on the Hood Association website. It's here in my album. However, I would be tempted to do another bigger canvas painting. Like you said, she was a beauty. Thanks for the salutes and the kind words fellas!
Heya Phantom, good to have the other Titanic buff chime in. I finally painted a wreck that Ken Marshall hasn't got to first! : ) I wish I had his level of talent. If anyone has not seen his work, do google his name! Thanks again Phantom, Ulrich, and Poppy! BTW, I meant to say Hood was lying on her port side, not starboard in my first post. Sorry, I could not edit it correctly on this IPhone.
As always, very good job. I'm not on here as often as I used to be, and it seems that you have a new painting posted each time. Keep up the good work, my friend!
