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8.00" x 5.00"
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10.00" x 7.00"
Leyland Beaver artic. Poster
by Mike Jeffries
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Leyland Beaver artic. poster by Mike Jeffries. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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THIS PAINTING IS SOLD BUT YOU TOO CAN COMMISSION MIKE TO PAINT YOUR VERY OWN ORIGINAL OF YOUR FAVOURITE VEHICLE, A SOUND INVESTMENT FROM WHOM MANY... more
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Artist's Description
THIS PAINTING IS SOLD BUT YOU TOO CAN COMMISSION MIKE TO PAINT YOUR VERY OWN ORIGINAL OF YOUR FAVOURITE VEHICLE, A SOUND INVESTMENT FROM WHOM MANY REGARD AS BRITAIN'S LEADING TRANSPORT ARTIST. JUST E-MAIL mike@transportartist.co.uk
A grimy Leyland Beaver of Dixon Bool unloads steel rod at a factory in Birmingham sometime in the 1960s when Britain still was a serious trading nation and made things rather than just consuming them.
Lorry driving in those days was a real man�s job, few lorries had heaters,let alone radios or sleeper cabs and many loads were merely manhandled on and off and the vehicles which were expected to last at the very least ten years before having a second life with a smaller haulier until run into the ground. But it was a life of comparative freedom for the driver who was very much on his own once out on the road, no sat-nav, no tachograph,no mobile phone and much less traffic generally and a real camaraderie among his fellow sufferers.
The orig...
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...
$63.00
John Malone
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our homepage. Well done!
Sunil Kapadia
Congratulations !
Reid Callaway
Congratulations on your sale!....Carry On!
Mike Jeffries replied:
Thanks Reid, I remember scenes like this from my lorry driving days.
Kimberleigh Goben
Love your work,but i think i enjoy the stories as well,Wonderful !
Mike Jeffries replied:
Thanks Kim, the stories are all true only the names have been changed to protect the guilty.
Donna Tucker
FANTASTIC!!!!! What an artist! Glad you joined the group!
Mike Jeffries replied:
Well thank you Donna, I'm glad too if it brings comments like that from such an artist as yourself.