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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Royal Rendezvous by Gordon Bauwens. Throughout her later years on the North Atlantic, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 cut a lonely swathe across the waters she was designed to traverse. Thanks to her foresighted dual-purpose design, clever marketing and iconic appeal as the 'last true liner', QE2 outlived all her sea-going competitors and seemed destined to be the last ever passenger liner to regularly ply the Atlantic. She also looked to be the final Queen in service for Cunard. However, in 1999 a decision was made to build on QE2's unique success by adding a giant new transatlantic liner, Queen Mary 2, to the Cunard fleet. Then, almost four years after QM2 entered service in 2004 as the new Company flagship, she and QE2 were joined by another new ship, MV Queen Victoria. Thus, since QV's maiden voyage in December 2007 until QE2's retirement in late 2008, three mighty Cunard Queens sailed concurrently for the first time ever. Unlike all previous Queens, which were unique one-off vessels, Queen Victoria was adapted from an existing design first created for Holland America Line's Vista-class cruise liners. While at 90,000 gross tons she is the second largest Cunarder ever built, Queen Victoria is in length and beam very similar to QE2, allowing passage through the Panama Canal. Built as a 5-star floating hotel, Queen Victoria's magnificent interiors boast many pieces of artwork by some of the world's leading artists. Gordon Bauwens is honoured to be represented by 12 maritime works commissioned and selected for public areas aboard this latest Cunarder. In addition to these, this latest painting, Royal Rendezvous, features the debutante Queen Victoria and legendary Queen Elizabeth 2 passing at sea, contrasting two distinct generations of Queens proudly flying the colours of one of the world's greatest shipping lines. As the much-loved QE2 retired in November 2008, the preceding months proved to be the last these two majestic Cunarders served together. Item Code : GBQ0072 Royal Rendezvous by Gordon Bauwens. - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 650 prints. Image size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm) Overall size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm) Artist : Gordon Bauwens £70.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Artist Details : Gordon Bauwens

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Gordon Bauwens Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1951, Gordon Bauwens' deep passion for ships and their environment was clearly kindled by his proximity to the River Clyde. As a schoolboy, he could often be found cycling among the River's docklands and shipyards - birth place of many of the world's greatest ships. Early paintings based on these images won him gold and bronze medals in regional schools art competitions. He regularly cycled the 30 mile round trip to Clydebank to watch progress on Queen Elizabeth 2, the last great Cunarder to be built on the Clyde. Witnessing her launch in 1967 from the river bank opposite John Brown's Shipyard, left a deep and lasting impression - and a burning ambition to one day stand on those famous decks. Employed by a marine engineering consultancy, Gordon's keen interest in ships helped him develop his own distinctive style in ship illustration, while gaining qualifications in technical graphics. Later, as a graphic designer for Education, he could clearly see the cranes of the former John Brown Shipyard from the studio he managed in Clydebank. Inspired by this, old passions resurfaced and Gordon started painting marine subjects again in his own time for pleasure, and as his work became known, on a commercial freelance basis. Encouraged by world-wide sales of his work, Gordon finally severed his 16 years of graphics employment in 1997 to concentrate full-time on his first love - maritime art. He and his wife, Christine, joined skills to become partners in their own business, GB Marine Art. In his paintings, Gordon Bauwens has earned a reputation for combining atmosphere with meticulous attention to detail - qualities much sought after in maritime art. As a result, he has fulfilled many long-held ambitions and been honoured to meet some eminent personalities in the maritime world. These include becoming friendly with the late Sir John Brown, chief designer of the original Cunard Queens and former Managing Director of John Brown's Shipyard; being welcomed aboard QE2 on the Clyde by Captain Robin Woodall during the liner's Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1994; staying on board Queen Mary as guest of the RMS Foundation in Long Beach, California; and having an original painting (Welcome Home QE2) purchased by the then Chairman of Cunard, Sir Eric Parker, for his personal office in London. Several examples of his work also hang in prominent positions in Cunard's head office. Reproductions of the artist's works have been purchased by customers in over 30 countries around the world to date, and currently retail on board QM2, QE2, Queen Mary, the former Royal Yacht Britannia etc, and in galleries and museums throughout the UK and overseas. Gordon also undertakes commissions for both private and commercial clients. Shipbuilders and shipping lines use his work to publicise their planned new vessels. He regularly produces artist's impressions of ships before they are built, his technical background enabling him to work from naval architects' plans. In 2000, Gordon received a prestigious commission from Cunard Line to produce their official artist's impression of the Queen Mary 2, the largest and most expensive passenger liner ever built. QM2 also displays a set of large oil paintings by Gordon, commissioned for public areas including the Grand Lobby. Gordon Bauwens' aim in his painting is to record some of the outstanding events in 20th and 21st Century maritime history and to pay tribute to the lives and skills which gave the world its finest ships. On a personal level, the artist as a Christian gratefully acknowledges the supreme Creator God as the ultimate Artist, Designer and Giver of all life and skills. More about Gordon Bauwens

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