Deborah WWI tank oil painting STHColourfulVibrant feather duster and parasol in

feather duster and parasol in hand

which is how I have portrayed the fighting machine

his wife Elaine and friends to the site of the first tank battle of WWI in Cambrai and paint Deborah

I caught him at the Half Moon Putney where I'm Resident Artist and focus on his laid back style

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

Deborah WWI tank oil painting STHColourfulVibrant feather duster and parasol inWhen 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