Deborah WWI tank oil painting STHColourfulVibrant which puts skill and coordination

which puts skill and coordination to the test

A biographical portrait - painted in nostalgic hues - that I'm sure will spark vivid reminiscences in viewers

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It’s the hesitancy I capture here

Deborah WWI tank oil painting STHColourfulVibrant which puts skill and coordinationWhen I was finishing my Portraiture Diploma at Heatherleys in 2012 I had an unusual request from my former Sky News colleague and military historian Rob Kirk. Would my husband Nigel and I like to accompany him, his wife Elaine and friends to the site of the first tank battle of WWI in Cambrai and paint Deborah. Deborah, it turned out, was a tank from D Division that had been involved in the mass tank battle of Cambrai. It had been reported on Sky News