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 I'm a member of the Belfast Titanic Society and have had a big interest in Titanic for over a decade, mainly sparked by involvement with a special evening celebrating the 90th anniversary of the great ship's launch in my village - Groomsport, County Down. If you don't know it, Groomsport is located at the mouth of Belfast Lough and Titanic passed here three times on 2nd April 1912. She steamed from the Harland & Wolff shipyard out past Bangor, Groomsport and the Copeland Islands for a day of trials in the Irish Sea, returning to Belfast briefly before heading off to Southampton, Cherbourg, Cobh and on into the Atlantic...
I began my series of Titanic paintings back in 2001 along with a series of White Star Line themed posters that decorated the venue of our special event. My paintings show the building, fitting out, launch and sea trials of the great White Star liner - her Belfast beginnings. I seek to celebrate the positive and optimistic period of Titanic's life and reinforce awareness of the fact that she's so much more than just the ship that sank!
Six of my paintings of Titanic are now available to buy as greetings cards and I hope to add further Titanic pictures here as we celebrate one hundred years since Titanic's launch, fitting-out and completion in Belfast.
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