Norfolk Artist Kenneth Grant Framed Oil On Board RNLI Lifeboat B-702 At Sea

Measurements including frame 55cm x 45cm

Lovely contemporary oil on board by Norfolk Artist Kenneth Grant

Essex born Kenneth Grant 1934- resides in Sheringham, on the Norfolk coast, he is known as a marine artist and has painted seascapes and boats for many years. This includes The Cutty Sark, and other old tea clippers as well as war ships and planes. As a child he witnessed the beginning of WWII which led him to start drawing these war planes and ships. In the 1950s he joined the RAF and his artwork continued with combat planes and scenes. In later life he focussed mainly on his art and has exhibited both in the U.K. and abroad.

This bright textured oil on board shows a RNLI Manchester Unity of Oddfellows (B-702) which is an Atlantic rigid-inflatable inshore lifeboat. This one was stationed at Sheringham on the North Norfolk coas and was the first of this type to be used by the RNLI in the U.K. It was funded by the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, which was a fraternity started in London in the 1700s. This picture has the boat and its crew heading out into rough seas with high swells. With Lovely deep colours of greens and blues and the bright orange of the dingy and life jackets. It is signed in the bottom right corner and framed in a modern light wood. In good condition with just a knock to the edge of the frame on the left, please see photos