Series
Some ideas will not let go after one painting. They turn into a series, where each piece is another angle on the same question. This is where those collections live.
Aeromechanica
Creatures fitted with the airframes of real aircraft. Some carry RAF roundels, some Luftwaffe Balkenkreuze. A small WWII air war fought by birds, beetles, mosquitos, robber flies and hornets. Half engineering, half nonsense, all impractical.
Origin
The two watercolour blueprints came first. The painting built one of them.
Aeromechanica (side profile)
A3 · Watercolour · 300gsm Hot Press Paper
Side elevation. ILS trees on either side of the runway. Annotated for free flight, slurp, smoothie and feed.
Aeromechanica (top profile)
A3 · Watercolour · 300gsm Hot Press Paper
Top elevation. The high-nutrition bypass propulsion engine, with mixer, microwave and CO2 extractor.
Avis Aeromechanica Chocolatus
1000mm × 750mm · Acryla Gouache · Canvas
A bird plane powered by chocolate, built from the watercolour blueprints.
Allied
RAF roundels. British airframes.
Lucanus Aeromechanica Avronis
A3 · Watercolour · 300gsm Hot Press Paper
A stag beetle on the airframe of an Avro. Mandibles up, RAF roundels, bombs slung beneath.
Culex Aeromechanica De Havillandii
A3 · Watercolour · 300gsm Hot Press Paper
A mosquito turned De Havilland Mosquito. Two Merlins, three crew, RAF roundels. The pun does its own work.
Libellula Aviatica
762mm × 1016mm · Acryla Gouache · Canvas
A dragonfly given the airframe of a biplane. Two pairs of wings, a twin tail, RAF roundels, mountains under a high moon.
Axis
Luftwaffe Balkenkreuze. German markings.
Promachus Aeromechanicus Crucifer
A4 · Watercolour · Vellum Paper
A robber fly with cruciform wings and Balkenkreuze. Predator built like a fighter.
Avis Aeromechanica Crabro
A3 · Watercolour · 300gsm Hot Press Paper
A hornet on a Bf 109 nose. Six legs, Luftwaffe markings, fuselage 13.
Jet Age
Past propellers. Delta wings, supersonic speeds, post-war intent.
Avis Aeromechanica Paciferus
A3 · Watercolour · 300gsm Hot Press Paper
A bird with swept gull-wing planform wings and a 27.642m span. Mach 2.64, crew of one, armed with rotten eggs.