My oil painting depicts a romantic scene based on the docking at port of the Royal Navy armored cruiser HMS ORLANDO. This is my favorite period: the transition from sailing to the steam fleet and its lightning-fast development at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The desire to show the beauty of the hull contour, its elegance, despite its combat mission, to emphasize the whiteness of the sides with the play of light and shadow, to depict everyday life in the navy, inspired me to create this artistic canvas. I deliberately brightened the sky to give the painting a romantic feel. The painting is part of the diptych. The second canvas with the same plot, but ... But with a changed perspective angle of the cruiser hull and with a tug in the foreground. The canvases of the diptych complement each other. They can be located side by side, they can be spaced through a window opening, or in different rooms. Due to the bright palette and constructiveness of the individual painting technique with a palette knife, they can become accent details of the interior.
