Naval
and Aviation Artist: Ivan
Berryman
Original Naval art paintings by Naval and Aviation artist
Ivan Berryman. Ivan Berryman Naval and Aviation art prints also available from
Cranston Fine Arts
Art and aviation have been like a
brother and sister to me. We have grown up together, learned together and made
our adult lives together. But you do not have to have an appreciation of
aircraft to admire the graceful lines of a Spitfire or the functional simplicity
of a Focke-Wulf 190. They are themselves a work of art and they cry out to be
painted - not as machines of war and destruction, but as objects of beauty, born
of necessity and function, yet given a life and iconic classicism beyond their
original calling. My interest and love of art and aircraft was gifted to me by
my father, a designer and aeronautical engineer of considerable repute. Denis
Berryman C.Eng. FRAeS. He gave me his eyes, his passion, his dedication and his
unwavering professionalism. I owe him everything. And I miss him terribly. A
love of art and of beautiful and interesting things takes you on a journey. You
discover new interests, new fascinations, and you want to paint them. You want
to paint them in their environment, in their element. Whether it is an aeroplane,
a warship, a racing car or a beautiful woman, their gift to an artist is the
same: Their lines, their texture and the way that light and shadows give them
form. These are the food and oxygen of an artist. Not the paint and the canvas.
These are mere tools. The secret is in the passion and the perception
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