84 x 60cm
£1500 

Painting of Shipping in Cardiff Bay

Though not part of the "Valley Lines" series, this painting also invites the viewer to reflect on Cardiff's move from an often dangerous maritime economy to an economy of entertainment and leisure opportunities.

Many of the ships in this painting are long since broken up and their officers and crew, who helped to make Cardiff the city it is today, have joined the generations past.

This painting commemorates those who lost their lives at sea and features Cardiff Bay's Sea Farer's Monument (bottom right).

The ship in the Queen Alexandra Dock on the left is Shaw Savill's "Drina" (My dad's ship. It never came to Cardiff).

The tanker "Esso Cardiff" heads on out, past Penarth Headwhile the white funneled "Balmoral" is in the Mount Stuart graving or dry docks on the right.

The yellow boat is taking passengers from the Pier Head to the barrage.

The red tug is the "Cardiff Rose" and the black tug is "Sea Alarm" which was to be seen for a number of years, landlocked, at the Industrial and Maritime Museum, as was the little green National Coal Board saddle tank locomotive and the yellow Westland Whirlwind helicopter (top left) representing Air Sea Rescue.

The ship in Penarth Dock is the Coryton, which was owned by Cardiff based John Cory.

The black hulled ship, "Llandaff" is coming home to Cardiff, as is the Neale and West trawler, "Muroto".

The red ship (bottom left) is Maindy Shipping Co. Ltd.'s "Maindy Tower".

A Water Taxi, Harbour Boat and the leisure craft "Lady Helen", "Daffodil" and "Mantee" are the five boats bottom right.