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# graham townsend

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- [Skirrid from the Blorenge](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/skirrid-from-the-blorenge/) - I made a start on another painting today. This is a view of Skirrid from the top of the Blorenge. A gorgeous late afternoon view. Skirrid from the Blorenge. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Brighter days](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/brighter-days/) - This one is now finished. The Sugarloaf in November. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms. The plan is that this will be the first in a series capturing this beautiful view through the changing seasons.
- [Midnight Train to Georgia](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/midnight-train-to-georgia/) - After a long gap someone has inspired me to paint again, and I can't thank them enough. Here's the latest work in progress. I've realised that I'm more than a bit rusty, but I'm moving forward again! The Sugarloaf in November. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Garageland](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/garageland/) - This is one I just started yesterday, inspired to paint more by having my 12 year old daughter to visit, who loves art (and is one of my best critics). It's a painting of a painting of a painting of the international centre in Vienna. There is, of course, a bit of a story behind
- [Not tear gas nor baton charge](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/not-tear-gas-nor-baton-charge/) - Work pressure has kept me away from painting for a while, but I've finally been able to make some more progress on this one. The chap I'm painting it for wanted the tractor to be prominent, so the original has been painted over. Now I need to wait for this to dry a little before
- [An invitation to robbery](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/an-invitation-to-robbery/) - Latest work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [It's only the depth that varies](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/its-only-the-depth-that-varies-2/) - I'm calling this one finished now. Quite a challenge to paint. Scrap line. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Whispers in the shadows](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/whispers-in-the-shadows-2/) - I've been away with work, but a few days at home have allowed me to make some more progress with this painting. It's proving to be something of a challenge - perhaps I'll opt for a nice easy landscape next! Still a little bit more to do before I can call this one finished though.
- [And a little bit of that...](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/and-a-little-bit-of-that/) - Just a little more colour added. It will have to loiter for a while now as I'm away with work tomorrow. Untitled. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [A little bit of this...](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/a-little-bit-of-this/) - I can work at my real job any time of day or night, but can only really paint when I've got daylight, so I took a break for a few hours this afternoon to do some more of this picture. I've been using linseed oil to thin my paint, which I'd never tried before -
- [Waiting for the numbers](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/waiting-for-the-numbers/) - I started on a new painting today. This is from a photo of a British Standard Class 4-6-0 loco; not sure which class though! The drawing was something of a challenge, as you can imagine. So far I've just been adding some tone with diluted raw umber. The next step will be to paint in
- [Onwards and upwards](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/onwards-and-upwards/) - Now finished, and in under four years too! I must try to get the next one painted a bit faster... Black Prince and Green Knight. Oil on canvas panel. 70 x 40 cms.
- [Among the ashes](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/among-the-ashes/) - I've managed to make a little bit more progress with this over the last couple of days, taking the odd break from work to dabble for a few minutes here and there. It's slowly coming together I think, although I still have a long list of things still to do, or things already done that
- [On shed](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/on-shed/) - Having my daughters to visit over Christmas and the New Year has given me fresh inspiration to paint more this year, and so this painting - which I started way back in March 2021 - has now found its way back onto the easel. It's after “On Shed”, by David Shepherd, although my version is
- [An empty house](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/an-empty-house/) - Way back in May 2021 I became an Associate member of the Guild of Railway Artists. This painting was selected for their annual exhibition at the Kidderminster Railway Museum last september, and I'm pleased to say that it sold. In fact, by the time I got to the opening, about an hour after the pre-exhibition private
- [Survivors](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/survivors/) - Having successfully finished the latest commission of HMS Duncan, I've decided that it was high time I got this painting over the line as well. It was started about a million years ago, and is I guess about 75% completed. It's after a beautiful painting by the late David Shepherd, "On Shed", and epicts BR
- [Brilliantine Mortality](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/brilliantine-mortality/) - This one is now finished. The customer wanted a date added, showing when Duncan left the UK on her current deployment, so that's in the lower left corner. HMS Duncan. Oil on panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Men Together Today](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/men-together-today/) - Getting close to being finished now, I think. Still a few little niggles that I'd like to correct first though. Oil on panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Banshee, not buckshee](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/banshee-not-buckshee/) - Slowly but slowly. Tricky to paint a grey warship when most of her is in shadow, and still get some definition rather than a big, dark grey blob! But she's getting there. I'll leave her alone until tomorrow and then make a start on adding some details and highlights. Oil on panel. 40 x 50
- [Wild horses](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/wild-horses/) - Slowly getting there. I think I've now got past the difficult stage I seem to have with most of my paintings, where I think they're really not going to come together... Oil on panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Sword and shield](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/sword-and-shield/) - A little bit more progress on this one, just using some thinned paint to start representing the water. I'll gradually build up with thicker paint here, but need to also do some more work on the ship herself, so that I make sure I get all the different tones properly balanced... Oil on panel. 40
- [Travel the quiet road](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/travel-the-quiet-road/) - I'm trying to get my painting mojo back on track right now. In fact, I need to - as I have another commission that I'm working on. This is HMS Duncan leaving Portsmouth harbour on deployment to the Red Sea.Oil on panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [The back of beyond](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/the-back-of-beyond/) - Life has been just a touch hectic for the last few months. I finished this painting back in March, for a Finnish colleague of mine at the OSCE. It's of the view from his Vienna apartment. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms.
- [Search and destroy](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/search-and-destroy/) - This might look familiar - it's a scene that I have painted before. But I had a request (which I couldn't refuse!) to produce something similar, and so here it is. The painting shows a view of northern Vienna in the summer, from the Nussdorf hills; it still needs a signature! Oil on panel. 40
- [No echoes](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/no-echoes/) - Latest commission now finished. Provisional title of "United We Conquer". This depicts Operation CHARIOT, the Combined Operations raid on the Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire on 28 March 1942, during which five Victoria Crosses were won. Oil on panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Sweep complete](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/sweep-complete-2/) - Today's progress. I think I'll make the sky along the horizon darker; it's supposed to be a night scene after all...
- [Ops normal](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/ops-normal/) - Here's the latest on the current work in progress. Still not much more than a sketch at the moment, but I've started to get some colour on the canvas. The commandos will be painted in the same colours as the sky, and HMS Campbeltown will also be pretty dark (Op CHARIOT took place at night
- [Tilt and gain](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/tilt-and-gain/) - Here's the latest piece I'm working on. I'm trying to combine an image of the Commando Memorial with a view of Op CHARIOT. The idea is that this will be a night scene, during the raid (so maybe I could just paint it all black... Hmm). Untitled work in progress. 40 x 50 cm.
- [Reset enable](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/reset-enable/) - A pair of paintings commissioned as birthday gifts for twins. Oil on panel, 12 x 16 ins. Now finished, and so it's time to start on the next one!
- [Solid state](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/solid-state/) - Just a quick update on progress with these two. Not too much work left to do now!
- [Loved ones die under the hammer of the Soviet sun](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/loved-ones-die-under-the-hammer-of-the-soviet-sun/) - Latest progress with the commission that I've been working on. The buildings are vertical on the paintings - if not on my photos... Special prize of a free (virtual) beer if you identify the song lyric that I've pinched the post title from! Oil on panel(s), 12 x 16 ins.
- [Prepare to jump](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/prepare-to-jump-2/) - I've been working on my latest commission, a rather unusual one this time. The customer wanted a birthday gift for twins, two similar paintings of their summer home. So, here's how it looks so far. I'm painting both pictures at the same time so that I can get similar colouring in each scene. Oil on
- [Back in the saddle](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/back-in-the-saddle/) - This is the latest commission finished. Good to be painting again! "The working day is done." Oil on stretched canvas. 20 x 16 inches.
- [A loaded gun](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/a-loaded-gun/) - My apartment gets good light in the afternoons, so I binned work after lunch and took the opportunity to make some more progress with the painting. It hit a bit of a wall after the initial sketch, but I've found that often happens to me with paintings and so wasn't too concerned... This afternoon's session
- [Ridicule is nothing](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/ridicule-is-nothing/) - I made a start on a new painting today. This is of small prairie steam locomotive, number 4548, at Helston. Being done as a commission. Just the initial sketching in so far, trying to get the shapes and shades right... It's oils, 20 x 16 inches, on stretched canvas.
- [Nine lives](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/nine-lives/) - This was started as a plein air quite some time ago, and is a view of the northern side of Vienna from Nussdorf. A friend spotted the pic and asked if I could finish it for him, so I painted in the buildings and so on that I didn't have time to do on the
- [Work rest and play](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/work-rest-and-play/) - Here's the finished octopus, painted for my younger daughter (who shows all the signs of being a far better artist than me!) Oil on panel, 30 x 40 cm.
- [All the clubs have been closed down](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/all-the-clubs-have-been-closed-down/) - Well now I'm really on a roll! I've made a start on the painting for my younger daughter, who decided that she would like one of an octopus. So... Oil on panel. 30 x 40 cm.
- [Eastern Approaches](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/eastern-approaches-2/) - The first painting I've managed to finish in over a year! With special thanks to Jayne and Evie for the encouragement. Oil on panel, 30 x 40 cm.
- [It's only the depth that varies](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/its-only-the-depth-that-varies/) - So, this one is now signed, varnished, and ready for the journey to its new home tomorrow. Untitled. 20 x 16 ins. Oil on canvas panel.
- [A head of steam](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/a-head-of-steam/) - I'd run into a bit of a block on this one, but think I have finally got it cracked now. Just waiting for the green light from the prospective owner, and then it will be signed and varnished before motoring off to its new home. Untitled work in progress. 20 x 16 ins. Oil on
- [This desolate shore](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/this-desolate-shore/) - I felt inspired to do some more to the Lotus yesterday. Slow progress as I need to allow paint to dry before I can add more detail to the car. This is all new to me of course! Untitled work in progress. 20 x 16 ins. Oil on canvas panel.
- [Bland and eye-easing](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/bland-and-eye-easing/) - I'm very pleased to be able to tell you that I've just been selected as an Associate member of the Guild of Railway Artists. So, some pretty exalted company - past Fellows of the Guild include David Shepherd and Terence Cuneo, amongst others. Just the incentive I need to get on and finish this painting,
- [Strange fruit](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/strange-fruit/) - I've been very busy at work for the last couple of weeks, so any progress on the Lotus commission has been limited to the weekends. But I've managed to get a little more done, and am now starting to think that this one may come out okay in the end! Untitled work in progress. Oil
- [Airplan 51](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/airplan-51/) - A little more progress on the Lotus, I think we may even have reached second gear now! This is proving tricky to paint because (a) I don't usually paint cars, and (b) it's actually a blend of two separate photos - one of the snow scene and a separate one of the car. So of
- [The first picture of you](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/the-first-picture-of-you/) - I've made a little more progress on the Lotus commission. I think it's now edged past the "this is never going to work" stage, and is entering the "yes, I can do something with this" phase! Untitled work in progress. 20 x 16 ins. Oil on canvas panel.
- [Her name is Rio](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/her-name-is-rio/) - I've been struggling a bit with the old muse lately, so decided a change of tack might help. This is one I've been promising to paint for my daughter for a little while, so here's the initial stages of a wolf :) Untitled work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Simplify and add lightness](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/simplify-and-add-lightness/) - Painting time has been limited by work recently (!), but I have managed to make start on this commission. Untitled work in progress. 20 x 16 ins. Oil on canvas panel.
- [Spot the difference](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/spot-the-difference/) - And just a little more progress made over the weekend. At least everything has some paint on it now! “On Shed” (after David Shepherd). Oil on panel. 70 x 40 cms.
- [Up the junction](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/up-the-junction/) - And now with most of the engine blocked in. It will be good to get all of the panel covered in paint! “On Shed” (after David Shepherd). Oil on panel. 70 x 40 cms.
- [The only way to land](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/the-only-way-to-land/) - A little more progress on this one. Most of it now needs to be allowed to dry for a while, but I can make a start on the main locomotive. “On Shed” (after David Shepherd). Oil on panel. 70 x 40 cms.
- [Track record](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/track-record/) - Still very much a work in progress. “On Shed” (after David Shepherd). Oil on panel. 70 x 40 cms.
- [All the things we've made](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/all-the-things-weve-made/) - Made some progress yesterday. This one might take a long time, methinks! “On Shed” (after David Shepherd). Oil on panel. 70 x 40 cms.
- [Duty grown up](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/duty-grown-up/) - Here's the latest work in progress, which now feels somewhat daunting. "On Shed" (after David Shepherd). Oil on panel. 70 x 40 cms.
- [Make safe](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/make-safe-2/) - The quick and the dead. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Absolute zero](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/absolute-zero/) - Yesterday's progress. Getting there slowly... Steam locomotive wheels are not the easiest thing in the world to paint, I'm finding. The quick and the dead (work in progress). Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Random noise generator](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/random-noise-generator/) - This one still feels a little like pushing a rock uphill, but I'm sure I'll make the breakthrough at some point! The quick and the dead (work in progress). Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Two steps forward](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/two-steps-forward/) - And the inevitable one back, of course. I wasn't happy with the latticework supporting the roof, so have painted over it and will have to give it another go... The quick and the dead (work in progress). Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Politics of memory](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/politics-of-memory/) - Having got the dog commission out of the way, I had some time this weekend to start putting some paint on this one. So far, I have reached the 'meh' phase, but I'm fairly confident that I will be able to get past that! The quick and the dead (work in progress). Oil on canvas
- [Virtual lunch](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/virtual-lunch/) - Managed to finish this one off this morning, making a few final tweaks while listening in to a Zoom meeting! Only having to listen, and not actively contribute, made a pleasant change and meant that I could get on with something far more interesting instead! Untitled. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Telegram](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/telegram/) - Edging closer to being done. I love dogs, but painting them... Work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Solar electricity](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/solar-electricity/) - Well that's the easy bit done! Work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Man's best friend](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/mans-best-friend/) - This isn't usually my sort of thing, but a good friend asked for a painting of his dog, so... Work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Cat 5](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/cat-5/) - I managed to finish the block-in of this one, after a busy week at work. Will let this dry a little and then start slapping on some colour... The quick and the dead. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Visually judged](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/visually-judged/) - What with work, a dead hard disk in my Mac, and website issues, I haven't had much time to paint recently. But I have finally managed to make a start on blocking in a new one. Drawing this one was difficult, and I'm still not sure that I've got it right... Untitled work in progress.
- [Grit between your teeth](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/grit-between-your-teeth/) - Pilgrims return. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Warp and weft](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/warp-and-weft/) - A little more progress on this one today. Hopefully I will be able to make a start on painting the troops tomorrow... Pilgrims return (work in progress). Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Tactical bound](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/tactical-bound/) - And now with a little colour... Pilgrims return (work in progress). Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Shadow boxing with yourself](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/shadow-boxing-with-yourself/) - Something a little different. Pilgrims return (work in progress). Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 ins.
- [Reprieve](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/reprieve/) - Calling this one finished now! One more day. Oil on panel. 61 x 51 cms.
- [Free fire zone](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/free-fire-zone-2/) - I made quite a lot of progress on this one. Something about the composition was bothering me, and so I added another section of the shed roof at the left hand side. I'm still not sure if I like it, or maybe I should just chop off the top of the painting... Untitled work in
- [Vanishing point](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/vanishing-point/) - Untitled work in progress. Oil on panel. 61 x 51 cms. Here's where I'd got to at the start of the day. The more I work on this painting the more I find that I need to do! Also, I'm not entirely happy with the composition, so there might be some changes to come in
- [Car trouble](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/car-trouble/) - Slow but steady progress. Trying to get a thin layer of paint on everything before I start to refine the painting. Untitled work in progress. Oil on panel. 61 x 51 cms.
- [PG Tips](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/pg-tips/) - And now with a little colour... Untitled work in progress. Oil on panel. 61 x 51 cms.
- [WYSIWYG](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/wysiwyg/) - Time to start the year as I mean to go on, with another painting! Untitled work in progress. Oil on panel. 61 x 51 cms.
- [Fade to grey](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/fade-to-grey/) - “Firth of Forth”. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms. There’s a sad story to this locomotive. On 5 June 1965 the fire blew back from the engine’s smokebox while it was hauling the Euston-Carlisle express passenger train through Winsford station at speed. The driver, Wally Oakes, was enveloped in flames, but stayed on
- [Egg banjo](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/egg-banjo/) - So here's a better photo of this one, taken in natural light, and signed as well now. Kitzlochklamm Gorge, Austria. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [ACRB](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/acrb/) - And here's the finished work. Just needs a signature and then it's done. Kitzlochklamm Gorge, Austria. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Positive perhaps](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/positive-perhaps/) - So, here's how they (sometimes) start, the product of the tortured artist's mind! Work in progress. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Zen fascists](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/zen-fascists/) - Well, I got through the loss of confidence phase relatively unscathed. This now needs to dry for a little while before I add the steam and smoke, which will hopefully bring everything to life. There are still a few other tweaks I can see that I need to make as well, but so far so
- [Nothing to lose](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/nothing-to-lose/) - Have now reached the massive loss of confidence stage of any new painting! “Firth of Forth”, work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Moving pictures](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/moving-pictures/) - "Firth of Forth", work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Squawk standby](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/squawk-standby/) - Tornado GR4 in the Mach Loop. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Voodoo economics](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/voodoo-economics/) - I wanted to get a better photo of this one, so here it is. “Dragons”. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [The lights had changed](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/the-lights-had-changed/) - Calling this one finished now, but I will need to get a better photo of it once the paint has dried on the areas that I've tweaked. “Dragons”. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [NATO standard](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/nato-standard/) - Well this is getting close to being ready now, but there are still a few touches needed. “Dragons”. Work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Storm front](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/storm-front/) - This is how things looked first thing this morning. Got some more done today as well, photos of that to follow. A relatively easy painting compared to the previous one! “Dragons”. Work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Night flying](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/night-flying/) - Managed to make a start on a new one. Must say that I really enjoy doing the first stages in raw umber! "Dragons". Work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Nuclear error](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/nuclear-error/) - Calling this one finished now. As ever, there are things I'd like to have done a little better, or at least differently, but I'm trying to learn when to stop - it's easy to overwork a painting and once that happens it's very hard to bring it back. “The Great Britain” at Dalwhinnie. Oil on
- [Sound formed in a vacuum](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/sound-formed-in-a-vacuum/) - Almost finished. Might add the signature soon, unless I spot something I need to adjust. “The Great Britain” at Dalwhinnie. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms.
- [Cock, hook, look](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/cock-hook-look/) - Sunday's progress. Slow but sure. There are a few drawing errors that I need to fix, and there's also something bigger wrong with it that I can't quite put my finger on yet... “The Great Britain” at Dalwhinnie. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms.
- [Zero draft](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/zero-draft/) - A little closer to the next stage, making a start on painting the train itself. But still finding this one a struggle... “The Great Britain” at Dalwhinnie. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms.
- [Lights in the sky](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/lights-in-the-sky/) - Here's where I'd got to by the end of the weekend. This one feels like something of a struggle to be honest. Perhaps I'll put it to one side, and come back to it later. “The Great Britain” at Dalwhinnie. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms.
- [Turning Japanese](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/turning-japanese/) - Paltry progress. Pah! Couldn't get into the swing of things today, for some reason. It was quite dull and dingy here today as well, which didn't help. I'll try again tomorrow. “The Great Britain” at Dalwhinnie. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms.
- [Off to see the wizard](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/off-to-see-the-wizard/) - Here's the progress so far. Not much, but it's a start! “The Great Britain” at Dalwhinnie. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms.
- [Another cold cup of coffee](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/another-cold-cup-of-coffee/) - The weekend, and so that means some precious time for painting. Thanks to Rob Barton for letting me use his photo as a reference. "The Great Britain" at Dalwhinnie. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms. I always enjoy this stage. Get the drawing right (I think!) and then sketch in the main shapes
- [Active measures](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/active-measures/) - I'm calling this one finished now. I enjoyed painting it, and think I managed to keep the loose style I was aiming for (more or less). Battle of Britain Class 34090 'Sir Eustace Missenden'. Oil on panel. 61 x 43 cms.
- [Waiting for a guide](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/waiting-for-a-guide/) - A quick update on what I managed to get done at the weekend. I think this one is getting close to being finished now - I'm pleased that I've managed to keep it looking reasonably loose (so far!) There's still a little more to do. I want to tidy up the front end of the
- [Tied to the mast](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/tied-to-the-mast/) - It's the weekend, and so I've finally had time to paint a little more. Most of the background is done now (sorry about the glare on the photo from the wet paint). There are a few things to fix though, before I tackle painting the main subjects. And I think figuring out the peculiar mix
- [Random patterns](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/random-patterns/) - I think I will finish off all the landscape elements before I tackle painting the locomotives themselves! Untitled work in progress. Oil on panel. 61 x 43 cms.
- [Live stream](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/live-stream/) - A little more progress with this one. Trying to keep it loose. Untitled work in progress. Oil on panel. 61 x 43 cms.
- [Maybe the weather will change](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/maybe-the-weather-will-change/) - Managed to make a start on a new one today! This is of a Battle of Britain class locomotive, number 34090. Well, three of them actually, I think. Don't remember now where I found the photo that I'm working from. Untitled work in progress. Oil on panel. 61 x 43 cms.
- [Hints and allegations](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/hints-and-allegations/) - I don't often buy art (I'd rather make it), but couldn't resist this signed print of "Epilogue" by Richard Bunkall. One of my favourite artists, sadly he died young. The print now has pride of place in my apartment (alongside some great originals by William Wray, David Sharpe, and David Shevlino).
- [Sudden moves](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/sudden-moves/) - This one is finished now. I was aiming for a cruder look with this painting, not sure if I got it or not. What do you think? Waiting room. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Whispers in the shadows](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/whispers-in-the-shadows/) - I've had very little time to paint over the last few weeks, but did manage to do a little more with this one today. The waiting room. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Looking over the wall](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/looking-over-the-wall/) - Like making progress, but slower... Untitled work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Nothing but an afterthought](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/nothing-but-an-afterthought/) - Still managing to make some progress with this one, but it's maddeningly slow! Work keeps getting in the way... Untitled work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Elegant unpleasantness](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/elegant-unpleasantness/) - A plein air painting that I started in the Nussdorf hills outside Vienna yesterday. I didn't have time to finish it on-site, so I think will complete it at home. Vienna International Centre. Oil on panel. 8 x 16 inches.
- [Fear, uncertainty, and doubt](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/fear-uncertainty-and-doubt/) - Trying hard to paint differently... Untitled work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Parallax error](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/parallax-error/) - Getting ready to make an exhibition of myself...
- [Quicker if you run](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/quicker-if-you-run/) - I feel as though my paintings are stuck in a bit of a rut, as if I need to find my own style. And so it's time for some experimentation. Untitled work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Suede denim secret police](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/suede-denim-secret-police/) - So, the commission of HMCS Oriole is complete! Hope the customer likes it... "Approach to Maui." Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Blanks fitted](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/blanks-fitted/) - Some more work done on this commission, and now getting close to being completed I think. "HMCS Oriole". Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Prepare to jump](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/prepare-to-jump/) - A little more progress on this commission today. The paint is drying incredibly fast in the hot weather, which is making things a little tricky. It's also difficult to balance getting enough detail of items like the rigging, with achieving a "painterly" look, which is my preference (although I struggle with it). More tomorrow!
- [The other left](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/the-other-left/) - I've just spent a few days in western Austria, and managed to get some plein air painting done. Stayed at a fantastic guest house in the mountains. The paintings were a bit of a mixed bag, but all good practice! The first painting is looking west to Wiesbachhorn. Oil on panel. 8 x 10 inches.
- [Breaking strain](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/breaking-strain/) - A little bit further with the latest commission. Mountains and most of the sea now done, still need to add the wake. As you may have noticed, I'm saving the trickiest part for last!
- [Chocks and lashings](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/chocks-and-lashings/) - Some more progress today. Tomorrow, the mountains! “HMCS Oriole.” Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Quantum state](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/quantum-state/) - Well, the Tornado has had to move from afterburner to the back burner, as I have a new commission to work on. "HMCS Oriole." Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Protest potential](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/protest-potential/) - Another one off to a new home, this one bought by the Canadian delegation in Vienna. Hope you enjoy it NC!
- [Controlled chaos](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/controlled-chaos/) - I just had a short trip to Hungary, and decided to get back on the plein air horse! This time I think I managed to stay in the saddle. "Lake Balaton". Oil on panel. 8 x 10 inches.
- [Going off the rails](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/going-off-the-rails/) - This is my first plein air painting for about four years. And it shows! Very rusty, but it felt great to paint outdoors again. I must do more and try to get rid of all those cobwebs... "The blue bench." Oil on panel. 8 x 10 inches.
- [Wave off](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/wave-off/) - I think this one is finished now. Painted for a commission. "An English summer." Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [Off the grid](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/off-the-grid/) - Still making some slow progress with this commission. “An English summer”, work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [Unbecoming frown](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/unbecoming-frown/) - Haven't painted for a few days, but was able to do some more work on this one today. "An English summer", work in progress (like the real thing maybe?) Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [Ready to hear the worst](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/ready-to-hear-the-worst/) - Some more progress on this commission. Tempted to call it "An English summer." Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [Checkpoint Charlie](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/checkpoint-charlie/) - I've been away for a few days, so it was fun to get a new painting started today. This is a commission, of Walton on Thames cricket club. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [Clear as winter ice](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/clear-as-winter-ice/) - A little more progress on the Tornado today, but my heart wasn't really in it to be honest.
- [You can't be too Zen](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/you-cant-be-too-zen/) - Latest progress on a Tornado GR4 in the Mach Loop. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Into no-man's land](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/into-no-mans-land/) - A little more progress. I'm now wondering how to paint the jet; leaning towards a loose style if I can manage it. And I know the drawing on the jet pipes needs to be fixed...
- [Crying in the rain](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/crying-in-the-rain/) - Well that's the hard part done (!) Now for some colour... Tornado GR4 in the Mach Loop. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Runaway up](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/runaway-up/) - A night at the opera. Oil on panel. 8 x 16 inches.
- [Locomotion](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/locomotion/) - Well, after an Eagle screaming around the Mach Loop, I've turned my sights to something a little more relaxed - the Opera House in Copenhagen. I started this painting last autumn, and then put it to one side. Thought it was about time to press on with it. Still quite a bit left to do
- [Imagine my destination](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/imagine-my-destination/) - I worked on the vapour cloud behind the jet today, and think it looks better now. So I'm calling this one finished :) Eagle in the Mach Loop. Oil on panel. 11 x 14 inches. Once again, many thanks to Bob Sharples for letting me use one of his photos.
- [Lost and found](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/lost-and-found/) - So, here's today's sitrep. I think I've made some reasonable progress. With the benefit of hindsight though, I should have painted this a lot bigger. Painting the aircraft at this scale was incredibly fiddly, and didn't suit my style at all! I also need to reduce the size and intensity of the pale vapour cloud
- [Shed a tear](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/shed-a-tear/) - On to the second stage. I've done the (relatively) easy part, and painted the background. Then moved on to tackle the first part of the jetwash, which seems to have worked out okay so far. A lot to do yet though... Eagle in the Mach Loop. Work in progress.
- [Beat the clock](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/beat-the-clock/) - The latest work in progress, "Eagle in the Mach Loop". Oil on panel. 11 x 14 inches. Many thanks to Bob Sharples for letting me use one of his excellent photos as a reference. You can see more of his work at www.jetphotos.co.uk.
- [Dragon's teeth](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/dragons-teeth/) - The water lily. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [Triumph and disaster](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/triumph-and-disaster/) - This is getting closer to being finished now. A little more tweaking to do yet though. The water lily. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [It ain't Coca Cola](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/it-aint-coca-cola/) - A progress shot from earlier today. Still rather a long way to go with this one.
- [Paradox](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/paradox/) - Started to get some colour onto this one today, just painted the water so far. Now wondering how to tackle the various greens of the lily pads... Lilies. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [Keep from going under](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/keep-from-going-under/) - The latest work in progress. Lilies. Oil on canvas panel. 20 x 16 inches.
- [Absolute truth](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/absolute-truth/) - “England expects.” Oil on panel. 20 x 40 cms.
- [Ship in the harbour](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/ship-in-the-harbour/) - I've made a start on this one, but for some reason my paint was drying almost the moment it went onto the panel. Very strange. Work in progress. "England expects." Oil on panel. 20 x 40 cms.
- [Storm clouds gather](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/storm-clouds-gather/) - A walk in the park. Oil on wooden board. 18 x 24 cms.
- [Rotors running](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/rotors-running/) - I seem to have reached my usual mid-painting crisis with this one. A walk in the park (!) Oil on board. 18 x 24 cms.
- [Hypernormality](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/hypernormality/) - Another one sketched out and ready for some (muted) colour. From a photo taken last time I was in London. England expects. Oil on panel. 20 x 40 cms.
- [Field grey coverall](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/field-grey-coverall/) - Time for something smaller and, hopefully, a bit simpler. Sketching out a contre jour view of Arenberg Park, for a bit of light relief...
- [Learn every day](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/learn-every-day/) - And today I learnt that British steam locomotives have something called "smokebox darts"... Which led me to one last tweak of this painting before I could finally sign it. Next time I think I might try something a little simpler. End of the line. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Retirement](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/retirement/) - I think it's time for a new palette.
- [We never close](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/we-never-close/) - Okay, I'm calling this one finished I think. Will leave it to settle overnight, and then sign in the morning. End of the line. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms. Stanier 8F locomotives 48612 and 48533 at Newton Heath on 21 July 1968.
- [Scar tissue](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/scar-tissue/) - Quite a bit more done yesterday. I took some time out to stand back and look at what I've done so far, and then came up with a list of about a dozen areas that I still want to finish, or correct...
- [Grit](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/grit/) - I think I managed to break through the wall with this one today. Still a lot to do, but reasonably happy with progress so far.
- [Illusion of reality](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/illusion-of-reality/) - I started to add some colour today, and am now at the stage I often reach with a new painting; the part where I feel as if I've made a complete hash of it! But that usually passes if I press on. So tomorrow...
- [Spotless clean and neat](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/spotless-clean-and-neat/) - Starting to establish the tones, and then - some colour.
- [Cheap in the sales](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/cheap-in-the-sales/) - After the struggle of the self-portrait, I decided to pick an easier subject for my next painting. And then I chose this anyway... There are far too many circles, ellipses, and complex curves in steam engines! Although this looks very tight at the moment, I think it has to be this way because it's so
- [Lockdown](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/lockdown/) - Lockdown. Oil on panel. 12 x 16 inches. Finished my first self-portrait. I found this difficult to paint, and spent the best part of a week on it. As you can see, I've pushed the colours a bit. I'm sure there is more I could do to improve it, but it's always good to know
- [Koolaid](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/koolaid/) - Today's progress. Getting closer to being finished now. This one is taking a lot of work (understandably). Oil on panel. 12 x 16 inches.
- [Only hit and run](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/only-hit-and-run/) - Progress so far. Oil on panel. 12 x 16 inches. I take my hat off to portrait painters, this is hard work... The level of concentration needed is something else.
- [Learned behaviour](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/learned-behaviour/) - I'm almost tempted to do some more work on the eyes and then call this one done - but I won't.
- [Making marks](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/making-marks/) - Well if you're going to challenge yourself, might as well set the bar high. Work in progress, oil on panel, 12 x 16 inches.
- [Revolution](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/revolution/) - Moonlit Vienna. Oil on panel. 12 x 16 inches. Calling this one finished. Can't seem to get a decent photo of it for some reason though - it looks better in the real world, honestly!
- [Class](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/class/) - Think I might have managed to snatch this one back from the jaws of defeat. I'll leave it overnight now before I decide whether or not it's finished. The paint is still wet of course, so the photo looks a little shiny. Once I can handle the painting I'll get a picture of it outside,
- [Secondaries](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/secondaries/) - Here's what I spent most of yesterday fighting with. Ugh. Ultramarine blue is a pain in the neck. Now to see if it can be rescued...
- [Primaries](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/primaries/) - Just made a start on this painting, moon rising over Vienna. Beginning with adding some tone - it's what us Fleet Air Arm types do you know! I'm looking forward to this. Night-time photos have very little detail (at least when taken with my phone), and so that forces me to paint more loosely. Oil
- [Cats and dogs](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/cats-and-dogs/) - Calling this one finished now, I think. HMS Fury at Arromanches - One. Oil on canvas panel. 30 x 40 cms.
- [Eastern Approaches](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/eastern-approaches/) - Made some good progress on this one today. Reasonably pleased with how things have turned out so far. Time to let it rest until tomorrow now!
- [Dragging the lake](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/dragging-the-lake/) - As I'm working from a black and white reference photo I've had to come up with the colours here from several other photos. I've done this before, but must admit it's not my favourite way of making a painting! Right now I think the blue patch above Fury's bow may be too bright, but I'll
- [Make safe](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/make-safe/) - A new one drawn out and ready to start. HMS Fury at Arromanches. 30 x 40 cms. Looking forward to painting this one!
- [Nibbled to death by an okapi](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/nibbled-to-death-by-an-okapi/) - "Workhorse." Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [Steady state](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/steady-state/) - Close to being finished, I think. Some touching up needed here and there, and perhaps some highlights on some of the clouds of steam. The paint is still wet of course, so there is quite a bit of reflection on the photo. I will get a better one later!
- [Free fire zone](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/free-fire-zone/) - Some progress with blocking this one in. Clearly a long way to go yet though! "Workhorse". Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms.
- [New horizons](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/new-horizons/) - This one went off to its new home yesterday, at the Swedish Embassy in Vienna. Thank you to Ambassador Funered for buying the painting. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Make A Wish foundation here in Austria.
- [Remain in light](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/remain-in-light/) - Latest work in progress. Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms. This one has tested my drawing skills! Now for the easy part...
- [Late night high rise](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/late-night-high-rise/) - Well it's been a long time, but I'm pleased to tell you that I'm showing some of my work in a gallery again. You can see some of my paintings at Vienna Art Market. And of course they are on facebook too...
- [Have you got it together?](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/have-you-got-it-together/) - New Beginning. Oil on canvas panel. 50 x 70 cms. I think this one is finished now, although I'm still not quite 100% happy with it...
- [Music for zeroes](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/music-for-zeroes/) - I'm going to give this one a rest for a little while now. It might be finished, but I'm not quite sure about that yet. Untitled (Arenberg Park flak tower L). Oil on panel. 50 x 70 cms.
- [Point of departure](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/point-of-departure/) - Some more on the latest work in progress. Oil on canvas panel, 50 x 70 cms. From a photo taken during the New Year's Eve fireworks here in Vienna. Good to be working on something big again!
- [If, when, why, what?](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/if-when-why-what/) - Moon over Währing. Oil on panel. 11 x 14 inches.
- [Demons and devils](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/demons-and-devils/) - "End of the day". Oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms. Calling this one finished now. There are still some areas I'm unhappy with, but I'm pretty sure that if I keep fiddling around I will only make it worse. Sometimes you need to know when to stop...
- [Close to the edge](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/close-to-the-edge/) - The state of play when I finished work on this yesterday evening. A few tweaks to be made here and there, before I add some smoke and steam hanging under the roof.
- [Secrets to keep](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/secrets-to-keep/) - A progress shot from earlier today. Got some more done since then, but now it's time for a cup of tea!
- [Cherubs](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/cherubs/) - Got some paint on this one yesterday evening. Now I can see a few errors in my drawing that need fixing.
- [The warmth of your hand](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/the-warmth-of-your-hand/) - Another work in progress. (Soon to be) oil on canvas panel. 40 x 50 cms. Some tricky drawing involved with this one.
- [Lumber up, limbo down](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/lumber-up-limbo-down/) - "Museum Piece". Oil on panel. 12 x 12 inches.
- [Travel without documents](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/travel-without-documents/) - I made a start on this one yesterday. It's another view of a Vienna flak tower; they're fascinating buildings - artefacts, I guess - and I really enjoy painting them. This one has been a little experimental. I used a roller and a knife to apply the paint, as well as working with brushes, and
- [Perfect storm](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/perfect-storm/) - Now finished my painting of the Hofburg in Vienna. Oil on panel, 40 x 50 cms.
- [Sweep complete](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/sweep-complete/) - Getting closer to finishing this one. Being away from work gives me more time to paint, but preparing to move takes it back again!
- [Delayed gratification](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/delayed-gratification/) - I made some progress on this one over the weekend. “Hofburg”, oil on panel, 40 x 50 cms, work in progress.
- [Press the go button](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/press-the-go-button/) - Latest work in progress. "Hofburg", oil on panel, 40 x 50 cms.
- [Zero point motion](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/zero-point-motion/) - From the Bürgeralpe. Oil on linen panel, 30 x 40 cms.
- [Enough rope](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/enough-rope/) - So, this one is almost finished. Back to the rather dull landscapes? From a photo I took on holiday with my children last summer, at the Bürgeralpe in Styria. Oil on linen panel, 30 x 40 cms.
- [Sound caused in a vacuum](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/sound-caused-in-a-vacuum/) - Latest work in progress. Looking southwest from the Mariazeller Burgeralpe, Styria. Oil on linen panel, 30 x 40 cms.
- [Souls that can't come home](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/souls-that-cant-come-home/) - "Never Again". Oil on wood panel. 18 x 24 inches.
- [The unforgiving minute](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/the-unforgiving-minute/) - “Never Again”. Work in progress. 18 x 24 inches, oil on wood. I made some more progress with this one today. Reasonably satisfied with it so far, but still feels more controlled than I'd like it to be - not "painterly" enough! I really seem to struggle with that. Perhaps tomorrow I'll scrape some of
- [A1 ultra-fine](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/a1-ultra-fine/) - "Never Again". Work in progress. 18 x 24 inches, oil on wood. Made a start on this one yesterday, I'm really enjoying painting these flak towers. This one is on a wood panel, it's a nice surface to paint on. And working larger again is fun too. Let's see how it progresses; I want to
- [Living in twilight](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/living-in-twilight/) - Flak tower G - Augarten. 6 x 6 inches. Oil on panel. Sometimes the paint gets the better of you... Time to move on.
- [Monitor the loops](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/monitor-the-loops/) - The sun breaks through. 20 x 20cm, oil on canvas panel.
- [Here to stay](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/here-to-stay/) - Semi-abstract? Flak tower G - Arenberg Park - window. Oil on panel 6 x 6 inches
- [Those who came before me](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/those-who-came-before-me/) - Now finished. Not sure if I managed the looseness I was looking for. But it's at that point where I feel that anything more risks ruining it. So, on to the next one.
- [How lucky we are to be free](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/how-lucky-we-are-to-be-free/) - I spent the afternoon yesterday working on this one. A little way into the session I had that horrible feeling that I'd messed everything up... But think it may be turning out okay after all. We'll see!
- [Caressing the marble and stone](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/caressing-the-marble-and-stone/) - I've been experimenting here. Trying to be looser, and also tested out using an ink brayer (that didn't work so well...) And been scraping back, and wiping away with a cotton bud and a rag, stuff like that. Using lots of thin paint in layers, then working thicker colour over it. Quite pleased so far.
- [Lose my heart on the burning sands](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/lose-my-heart-on-the-burning-sands/) - Finished bar the signature. This was a bit of an experiment. Painted in a little under an hour, using a size 6 brush only. Flak tower G - Arenberg Park. 20 x 20cm oil on canvas panel.
- [The art of deception](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/the-art-of-deception/) - Flak tower G - Arenberg Park. 20 x 20cm oil on canvas panel. A work in progress. Think this may come out looking quite abstract, we'll see.
- [It's a reflection of you](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/its-a-reflection-of-you/) - I tightened up the drawing on this one. Glad I did as it showed up some errors in the first effort. The trick now will be to retain the accuracy while still trying to actually paint loosely...
- [In the still of the night](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/test-post/) - Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm. The Haus des Meeres is a public aquarium in Vienna, one block south of Mariahilfer Straße. It is inside a concrete flak tower built during World War II. My daughters love going there, and as I would like to paint all of Vienna's flak towers it was a
- [Flakturm #1, Arenberg Park](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/flakturm-1-arenberg-park/) - Oil on panel, 30 x 40cm
- [“A windy day”, after Edward Seago](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/a-windy-day-after-edward-seago/) - Oil on canvas panel, 40 x 50 cm
- [Flakturm #2, Arenberg Park](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/flakturm-2-arenberg-park/) - Oil on panel, 25 x 50cm
- [Volksgarten](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/volksgarten/) - Oil on panel, 30 x 40cm. I don't often paint schmaltzy stuff like this, but Volksgarten has some very special memories for me, and so...
- [You'll wonder why you didn't try](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/youll-wonder-why-you-didnt-try/) - Work in progress. Oil on canvas panel, 40 x 50cm. Thought I might start posting works in progress again - along with post titles from song lyrics (don't ask me why...) It's of an amazing sculpture in Michaelerplatz called “Power at Sea”, by Rudolf Weyr.
- [Smoke and steam](https://www.grahamtownsend.com/smoke-and-steam/) - Oil on panel, 30 x 40 cm.

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