25/10/2026
An oil painting depicting an ariel combat that took place in 1940 off the coast of Blyth.
The sky has been painted using liquid metallic paint causing it to change colour throughout the day.
I was inspired by seeing Roy Lichtenstein’s painting “WHAAM” at Tate Modern and set a project for the men I was teaching in HMP Northumberland.
The project was centred on the fact that the prion was once RAF Acklington, the most important fighter station in the north east of England.
Read more about the project and painting here:
https://alanreed.com/raf-acklington/