The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010, The Centennial Story
2009Gimblett, Richard H.
230 pages (color)
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Born 1935 Poole, Dorset, England. Known for: Landscape and marine painting.
Born in England, at 16 he joined the Royal Navy as a boy seaman and served in the Pacific, Atlantic, and finally in the Arctic. During this time he also apprenticed in the shop fitting trade and... Read full biography
Born in England, at 16 he joined the Royal Navy as a boy seaman and served in the Pacific, Atlantic, and finally in the Arctic. During this time he also apprenticed in the shop fitting trade and worked as a designer and architectural artist before immigrating to Canada in 1966. In Vancouver he... Read full biography
Born in England, at 16 he joined the Royal Navy as a boy seaman and served in the Pacific, Atlantic, and finally in the Arctic. During this time he also apprenticed in the shop fitting trade and worked as a designer and architectural artist before immigrating to Canada in 1966. In Vancouver he found the perfect environment for nurturing his life-long passion for the sea and its history. Many of his paintings incorporate recognizable shore features. From vessels, harbors and major seaports to... Read full biography
Born in England, at 16 he joined the Royal Navy as a boy seaman and served in the Pacific, Atlantic, and finally in the Arctic. During this time he also apprenticed in the shop fitting trade and worked as a designer and architectural artist before immigrating to Canada in 1966. In Vancouver he found the perfect environment for nurturing his life-long passion for the sea and its history. Many of his paintings incorporate recognizable shore features. From vessels, harbors and major seaports to Canadian troops in the Arabian gulf, the subjects of Horton s paintings tell a story. His paintings are meticulously researched, richly detailed and technically accurate. For his series depicting Captain George Vancouver’s 18th-century voyages of... Read full biography
Born in England, at 16 he joined the Royal Navy as a boy seaman and served in the Pacific, Atlantic, and finally in the Arctic. During this time he also apprenticed in the shop fitting trade and worked as a designer and architectural artist before immigrating to Canada in 1966. In Vancouver he found the perfect environment for nurturing his life-long passion for the sea and its history. Many of his paintings incorporate recognizable shore features. From vessels, harbors and major seaports to Canadian troops in the Arabian gulf, the subjects of Horton s paintings tell a story. His paintings are meticulously researched, richly detailed and technically accurate. For his series depicting Captain George Vancouver’s 18th-century voyages of exploration and discovery, for example, Horton himself sailed Vancouver’s routes, from the Olympic Peninsula to Ala... Read full biography
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Artists of British Columbia
1986Morys-Edge, Derek127 pages (color)