SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3, XX725 ‘GU’, 54 Squadron, Bardufoss, Norway.
20 x 30 inches (86 x 60 cm) oil on linen.
Private collection.
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This painting was inspired by photographs of Jaguars painted in their distinctive Arctic camouflage departing from RAF Coltishall bound for Bardufoss in Norway. I thought it would interesting if I transferred the setting from a grey day at Coltishall to a cold, snowy scene in Norway, dominated by a low sun reflecting off an icy taxiway.
The original painting was exhibited and sold at the 2014 Guild of Aviation Artists’ Annual Summer Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.