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Hello again, I hope you have been following our project on the website, and that you will like the finished paintings which will be revealed tomorrow! Please log on to http//www.wall-smacker-art.com and see if you can think up some good titles for the two paintings to contribute to the forum. Hope t...

WE NEED YOU! The website tribute to HMS Hood and The Bismarck is now well underway. Tomorrow the completed paintings will be on the website. If you haven't already taken a look, please join us on line to see the history of these two magnificent ships, and please join in the forum. This will make it...

70th Anniversary tribute to HMS Hood and the Bismarck starts today! Join in at http://www.wall-smacker-art.com and see the paintings develop from blank canvasses to completed works. Add you own contributions via the on site forum, and suggest titles for the completed works. Perhaps you would like t...

Hello Bismarck Fan, I do agree, the scene you suggest would have been a wonderful sight! The reason I have chosen to paint two paintings, one of each ship, is to celebrate the magnificence of each - the imposing might and beauty of the Hood, and the state of the art menace and strength of the Bismar...

Many thanks for the information. My family live in Cornwall, so it is possible that I may be able to get down to Culdrose. Let's hope that I can get the paintings finished in time!

Best wishes,
David Folland

We are delighted to announce that Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff , has kindly agreed to add his signature to print number 1 of the limited edition of 50 of the painting of HMS Hood, to be donated to The Big Salute for auction in their British Forces' charities eve...

Hi, Thank you for including your painting. Impressive work with amazing detail - I have enjoyed looking at it. I hope you'll join us on the wall-smacker-art.com website in May to watch our project to celebrate the anniversary, and that you will find my work interesting. It is quite a different style...

Hello Antionio, Herr Nilsson and everyone, Thank you so much for your trouble in sending me the information and the pictures. I will definitely refer to them in the course of my painting. I had realised about the absent stripes, but you make some good points which will, I'm sure, be useful to me. My...

Hi, My reference books include 'The Battleships' (Johnston and McAuley), 'The Discovery of the Bismarck' (Ballard) 'Hood and Bismarck' (Mearns and White), 'Killing the Bismarck' (Ballantyne). I have tried to research the topic as thoroughly as possible, but I must stress that my two paintings - one ...

As a new member, I have only just seen this post, but it struck me how important it is. Many young people, and even not so young now, know nothing of the history of the Hood and the Bismarck, and its significance in WWII. I am just finishing Iain Ballantyne's excellent book "Killing the Bismarc...

JOIN US TO COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY In May this year, it will be the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the Bismarck after it's encounter with the Mighty Hood. To commemorate this poignant and significant historical event, I am embarking on an oil painting of the Bismarck in the Denmark Strait. ...