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Art
& Illustration by John & Sue Ridyard
In these pages are examples of
John and Susan's fine art paintings, book illustrations, Greetings Card
Designs and reprinted
publications from the early years
of
Aviation.Susan's Fine Art pages now include a page of original paintings for sale, examples of her Greetings Card Designs for charities and her lithographic prints. NEW for 2010/11 are artworks by John & Susan inspired by the magic of VENICE Commissions for paintings are welcome - just click on CONTACT US for information. |
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 A watercolour painting by John of a young Venetian lost in writing -- Is it her diary; a letter or a college thesis? We might never know, but meanwhile she makes a charming motif. |
John's own 1/8th scale
model 1910 Hanriot Monoplane in flight.
 John has a
keen interest in the pioneers of Flight and has
re-published five rare historic documents on the subject :-
The Blackburn Aeroplane Co., Catalogue 1911: B.C. Hucks' Aerobatics programme and Souvenir for 1914: The Aerial Tourist by B C Hucks: the Rinek Aero Engine catalogue for 1910. and An account of the disaster at Filey in 1911. |
 One of John's many illustrations of
military aircraft in action: This one for Harper Collins/Janes of
London, for a book dedicated to the F/A 18 Fighter.
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 One of several hundred wild-life subjects, researched, captured on video and drawn in pencil to form time laps sequences for The Wildlife of Britain partwork encyclopaedia. packaged by Midsummer Books of London. |
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