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32 NAVY NEWS, DECEMBER 2007
THE ALL NEW ADVENTURES OF
LUSTY
ARTIST ANNA-LOUISE FELSTEAD – WHO DESCRIBES
‘THE
HER STYLE AS “VIBRANT AND ENERGETIC” – RETURNED TO
HARRIER STRIKE CARRIER HMS ILLUSTRIOUS WITH HER PENS AND
CARRIER’ PAPER TO CAPTURE WORKING LIFE ON BOARD FOR LUSTY’S
25TH BIRTHDAY.
IN
SHE FOLLOWED TEAM ILLUSTRIOUS IN THE NORWEGIAN
N NOO
PORT OF BERGEN AS THE CARRIER TOOK PART IN NATO
WAR GAMES EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE RESULT IS A SERIES OF DISTINCTIVE REPORTAGE-STYLE
UNCERTAIN
PAINTINGS DEPICTING SCENES ACROSS THE BOARD – FROM MEAL
TIME AND GOSSIP IN THE WARD-ROOM TO HARRIER COMBAT
MISSIONS.
LIFE WENT ON AS USUAL ABOARD THE MIGHTY LEVIATHAN
VOICE
AS SHE PROWLED THE BALTIC. IN THE HANGAR MECHANICS
WORKED ON THE HARRIERS...
THEN...
SAILORS GRABBED THEIR MEALS
FROM THE GALLEY...
THE BANTER IN THE WARD-ROOM
WAS GOOD NATURED...
CONTACT IN THE OPS ROOM...
THE NAVIGATOR PICKS
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME ANNA-LOUISE HAS
A FRESH COURSE...
JOINED THE FLAT-TOP – AND HER THIRD BODY OF
WORK WITH A SENIOR SERVICE FLAVOUR.
IN 2000, WHILE STUDYING AT CENTRAL ST MARTIN’S
COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, ANNA-LOUISE DECIDED
TO FOCUS ON SAILORS FOR A PROJECT ON ‘PEOPLE
AT WORK’, AND SPENT A WEEK ON THE FRIGATE HMS
CORNWALL.
THE ROUGH SKETCHES SHE PRODUCED LED TO HER
STAGING AN EXHIBITION IN 2001.
FOUR YEARS LATER HER FASCINATION WITH HARRIERS
LED HER TO APPROACH THE NAVY AGAIN, ON THAT
OCCASION USING COLOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME TO
CAPTURE PEOPLE WORKING ON SEA HARRIERS AND SEA
KINGS.
THAT WORK RESULTED IN AN EXHIBITION AT
THE NAVAL CLUB IN MAYFAIR; SHE WAS ALSO
COMMISSIONED BY THE MOD TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF
THE HARRIER ACES RECEIVE THEIR BRIEFING...
PAINTINGS ON LIFE IN THE RN, FOR WHICH SHE TOURED
ESTABLISHMENTS AND UNITS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
ANNA-LOUISE – KNOWN AS A-L – SAYS SHE
HAS NEVER BEEN INTERESTED IN PRODUCING
PHOTO-REALISTIC WORK, BUT USES PLENTY OF
THE BIRDS PREPARE TO
COLOUR TO BRING THE SUBJECT MATTER TO
LEAVE THEIR NEST...
LIFE.
“I DON’T WANT TO PRODUCE OLD-FASHIONED
OIL PAINTINGS OF SHIPS CHARGING THROUGH
THE SEAS,” SHE ADDS.
“WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE IMAGES I
KNOW SOMEONE HAS WORKED ON THOSE
PAINTINGS FOR HOURS, BENT OVER A
CANVAS, WORKING IN MINUTE DETAIL FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS.
“THAT IS NOT WHAT I DO; I LITERALLY SIT
IN FRONT OF THE ACTION, SPREAD MY INKS
AROUND ME AND PAINT AS QUICKLY AS I
CAN, WATCHING MY SUBJECTS MOVE AND
CHANGE WHILST I WORK.”
YOU CAN SEE MORE OF HER WORK AT WWW.
ALFELSTEAD.COM
“HANDS TO FLYING STATIONS”
THE JUMP JET IS POISED ON DECK... MORE FROM LUSTY ON PAGES 22-23
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