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by Ray Agius
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Purchase a tote bag featuring the painting "SS Dorset" by Ray Agius. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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Il Gobbo (The Hunchback)... more
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Il Gobbo (The Hunchback)
Oil on Canvas
August 13 1942.
After days and nights of eluding submarines, E-Boats and enemy aircraft MS Dorset comes to a dramatic end.
Holed and sinking it is dead in the water.
Straddled by bombs and abandoned by it's crew it wallows helplessly nearly within sight of its destination.
A dreaded Savoia Marchetti SM79 Sparvero Torpedo Bomber comes in for the kill.
Known as il Gobbo (The hunchback) it flies low and slow. The outcome hardly questioned.
I am first and foremost a Gemini. My feet are placed precariously in several camps and constantly and easily cross over many boundaries. My working life spanned 3 decades and embraced 3 continents. Some of my time was spent in the British Royal Navy and much of it in the International Automotive Industry. An Engineer and Designer is automatically a keen observer of life and human nature and from that I take much inspiration for my art. I do not call myself just an artist but rather a purveyor, documenter and expositor of life, from which my art bleeds and sometimes gushes forth! My skills and qualifications have been honed over decades, influenced by both current and long dead artists., Some of those with whom I...
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Laurel Adams
Beautiful work, Ray…love this in winged things!
Ray Agius replied:
Thank you Laurel.
Ray Agius
Thank you Nigel Bangert for favoriting SS Dorset.
John Alexander
You are wonderfully talented. I love the illustrative quality of your work.
Ray Agius replied:
Thank you John. Nothing makes a beautiful day than a favorable coment.
Ray Agius
Thank you Kasia.
Shirley Miller
I like the perspective that you've used - a very dramatic image! l/f
Ray Agius replied:
Thank you Shirley. :o)
Richard Reeve
Nice job, Ray. I love the style for this! L
Ray Agius replied:
Thank you Richard.
Diane Macdonald
Lovely painting Ray. I love the use of earth tones. v/f
Ray Agius replied:
Dear Diane, I am so sorry to have missed your comment. PLease be assured it is really appreciated.
Ray Agius
Thank you for featuring il-Gobbo in your group Heroes and Heroines First Star Art.:o)