Collection: John Christian
Highly atmospheric and accurate watercolour paintings depicting square-riggers of the C18th and early C19th British Navy, including HMS Beagle, HMS Amphion, HMS Victory, HMS Resolution, and HMS Foudroyant.
“I try to be as accurate and true as possible, always remembering to enjoy the creative processes involved in producing a piece of artwork. I hope my pictures enrich the lives of those who live with them”.
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About John Christian
John Christian was born in 1954 and grew up in a pub on the harbour of a busy fishing port so boats and harbour artists were part every day life, he went to the local Community College and was selected by the art teacher as a gifted student and attended Art College on Saturdays, with 6 other students from the wider catchment area, for advanced tuition, it was a five-mile bus journey each way.
After leaving school it was a natural step to go to sea on the local trawlers, after 5 years he took his merchant trawler skippers ticket at Warsash Naval College in Southampton and had many further fruitful years deep-sea fishing as 1st mate. Eventually, the call of the land drew him and he came ashore, landscaping for a while before re-training as an adult trainer in basic and key skills. He painted the sea to fill the void, to feel the nature within, eventually painting full time both as a harbour artist in the season and in his studio.
John has been painting for many years now and has developed a love for watercolour as his favoured medium; he never uses white and allows the light to come from the paper. He sees painting as a learning process and works from sketches of boats and ships, drawing on memories of being a fisherman at sea and researching from historical records, he has many books and there is much information available online these days with public libraries and records.
“I try to be as accurate and true as possible, always remembering to enjoy the creative processes involved in producing a piece of artwork. I hope my pictures enrich the lives of those who live with them”.
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The Red Cliffs of Goodrington, 1782 - John Christian
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Arethusa at Carrick Roads - John Christian
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HMS Foudroyant off the Eddystone Lighthouse - John Christian
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Juno on a Mission - John Christian
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The Rosebud PZ 87 - John Christian
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Closing In - John Christian
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Newlyn Beamers - John Christian
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Off Goodrington Naval Hospital 1782 - John Christian
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Standing off the Coast of Oregon - John Christian
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HMS Victory Squaring the Yards - John Christian
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Honouring Superb - John Christian
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Agamemnon Beats to Quarters - John Christian
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Nelson's first Voyage aboard HMS Victory - John Christian
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Opening up Mount Pellegrino - John Christian
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Minerva rescuing the Jolly-boat - John Christian
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False Flag - John Christian
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Fast Falls the Eventide - John Christian
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A Fortuitous Meeting - John Christian
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A Levanter coming - John Christian
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A Voyage of Discovery - John Christian
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Amphion off Ushant - John Christian
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Beagle off the Galapagos - John Christian
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First Shots - The Battle of the Nile - John Christian
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Queen Charlotte off Berry Head - John Christian
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