Merchant Navy pacific at Brookwood. Acrylic Print
by Mike Jeffries
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Merchant Navy pacific at Brookwood. acrylic print by Mike Jeffries. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of an acrylic print. Your image gets printed directly onto the back of a 1/4" thick sheet of clear acrylic. The high gloss of the acrylic sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results. Two different mounting options are available, see below.
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THIS PAINTING IS FOR SALE. Please contact the artist direct at mike@transportartist.co.uk for details of shipping outside the UK.... more
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Artist's Description
THIS PAINTING IS FOR SALE. Please contact the artist direct at mike@transportartist.co.uk for details of shipping outside the UK.
Speeding through Brookwood on the Southern region�s West of England main line rebuilt Merchant Navy 4.6.2 No 35022 Holland America Line is at the head of a Waterloo -Bournemouth express sometime in the 1960s.
The thirty strong Merchant Navy class was introduced during the Second World War on the Southern Railway by O V S Bullied and originally carried an overall air smoothed casing with chain driven valve gear, which earned them the nickname Spamcans by footplatemen unimpressed by these innovations.
Due to various problems it was decided to rebuild the entire class to the handsome form seen here in the 1950s, doing away with the air-smoothed casing, fitting conventional Walschaerts valve gear, relocating the lubricators and fitting efficient smoke deflectors and in this form they lasted to the end of steam on the Southern Region in...
About Mike Jeffries
COMMISSION A PAINTING FROM MIKE. It is with great regret that I have to inform you that Mike sadly passed away November 2020 aged 81, but I, (his partner) will keep his shop here going and am happy to reply to any emails you might send to his own email address at mike@transportartist.co.uk. Virtually nobody considered the humble lorry worthy of the subject of a painting until Mike made it so. Years of being at the sharp end of long distance HGV driving has given him an insight and knowledge into the industry that enables Mike to depict lorries as they really were in the past and not the idealized view of the less knowledgeable making him the man to paint an original of your favourite commercial vehicle. He is without a doubt THE lorry...
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Mark Karvon
Love this piece featuring one of these iconic locomotives. The weathering helps to bring some interesting color into the smokebox area and smoke lifters. I came across this painting while doing research for a piece of my own featuring the class.
John Malone
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our homepage. Well done!
Martin Davey
Fantastic work of a fantastic class of engine. Beautifully composed and painted! L
Mike Jeffries
Thank you Lenore for the feature in your group Old Masters.
Mary Deal
This could well have been a photograph. What realism! Just wonderful!
Loretta Luglio
So nice - I love the detail in your work. Voted.
Lori Brackett
Great piece, gets my vote and BOS
Mike Jeffries
Many thanks Florin for your comment and your valued vote.
Florin Birjoveanu
Great painting Mike, I love this one! V/F
Mike Jeffries
Many thanks Florin for the feature in your group Original for Sale.
Mike Jeffries
Thank you Eric for the feature in your group Drawings and Paintings.