tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308799502024-03-07T19:44:08.160-05:00Sketchpad Warrior Art and posts by Kristopher Battles, Artist
Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.comBlogger261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-70469580003656005522023-11-10T12:05:00.000-05:002023-11-10T12:05:16.342-05:00Happy Birthday, Marines! <p> It's been 248 years since Congress agreed to make a Regiment of Marines to fight the British!<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEPxkssKJU14sLjjKuVMsLNy1umZu4yMAdL_Da2_aUbhWIeSnh0auUiFf-OMG-t-9JawNfdtX8jox9YlGyehTpthlK2bjgy23RxvqQ-CAJQYoSAw1nm2angOSiEZ8NixpodrYOkvF2y9B3Ek9aRkXlJGycavrSepfNAWcNrzmpVi-2Cr1rxqDHA/s3645/The%20Recruit%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3645" data-original-width="2913" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEPxkssKJU14sLjjKuVMsLNy1umZu4yMAdL_Da2_aUbhWIeSnh0auUiFf-OMG-t-9JawNfdtX8jox9YlGyehTpthlK2bjgy23RxvqQ-CAJQYoSAw1nm2angOSiEZ8NixpodrYOkvF2y9B3Ek9aRkXlJGycavrSepfNAWcNrzmpVi-2Cr1rxqDHA/w320-h400/The%20Recruit%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>"The Recruit" by KJ Battles oil on canvas 24" x 30"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><p><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px;"><span style="color: white;">"Resolved, That two Battalions of marines be raised, consisting of one Colonel, two Lieutenant Colonels, two Majors, and other officers as usual in other regiments; and that they consist of an equal number of privates with other battalions; that particular care be taken, that no persons be appointed to office, or enlisted into said Battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea when required; that they be enlisted and commissioned to serve for and during the present war between Great Britain and the colonies, unless dismissed by order of Congress: that they be distinguished by the names of the first and second battalions of American Marines, and that they be considered as part of the number which the continental Army before Boston is ordered to consist of.</span></span></p><blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style="border-left: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white;">Ordered, That a copy of the above be transmitted to the General."</span></p></blockquote><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.32px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><cite class="center-aligned" style="display: block; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775</span></cite></p>Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-79666300827636321532023-09-11T10:25:00.003-04:002023-09-11T10:25:53.129-04:00Intrepid Maven: Sketching Overseas! <p>In July, I got the opportunity to deploy once more overseas as a combat artist, albeit a civilian one-- this time to Jordan during peacetime. I went to Amman and then down to a little base near Aqaba called<br /><br /><br /> Camp Al Quwayrah. Marines from 2nBn 5th Marines, 4th AAVs and 4th Combat Engineer Bn were there, training alongside Jordanian Armed Forces personnel, for a two-week exercise. <br />I was there for ten days, sketching as much as I could and of course taking photos and video, to best capture the activities of Marines and our allies. <br /><br />Here are some of my sketches:<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitK3YXMDMu-bSHe_ZyJxmjkq_-Qfm0V8mmy23gSF7N1mdEq_BolPyCczFU1B2PpjenYarZZFIhxDHqRYtE89c9k8abSj9hpIFb07Fg6mP6yCWy3V-UmYDUpZxSRP8CxlKAkQKsL6eVU49czQSRmtneAa7O9di1MjPobiQ5GiFhqNaqjWojMSOZ_Q/s2134/Intrepid%20Maven%20Mortars%20setting%20up%20at%20Hajfa%20Range%20at%20Camp%20Al%20Quwayrah%2010%20July%202023%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2134" data-original-width="1680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitK3YXMDMu-bSHe_ZyJxmjkq_-Qfm0V8mmy23gSF7N1mdEq_BolPyCczFU1B2PpjenYarZZFIhxDHqRYtE89c9k8abSj9hpIFb07Fg6mP6yCWy3V-UmYDUpZxSRP8CxlKAkQKsL6eVU49czQSRmtneAa7O9di1MjPobiQ5GiFhqNaqjWojMSOZ_Q/w504-h640/Intrepid%20Maven%20Mortars%20setting%20up%20at%20Hajfa%20Range%20at%20Camp%20Al%20Quwayrah%2010%20July%202023%20(2).jpg" width="504" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The machine gun is an important part of that ability. <br />Here are some drawings of Marine Corps machine gunners I've done over the last few years, posted here as a tribute.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHhyPzNF4uIw0UZHLULDyyyo8CDwoiUTMaHaqFk4LLLeXdJjNO3_EGqQRFaXuX9bvst-UHEztZnn3ivCttP9z5EiFDRdJUUv4TKzob9bBd9s3Y2yg34OzQNUflcT239MmQzHp1Q/s2048/Ma+Deuce+original+drawing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHhyPzNF4uIw0UZHLULDyyyo8CDwoiUTMaHaqFk4LLLeXdJjNO3_EGqQRFaXuX9bvst-UHEztZnn3ivCttP9z5EiFDRdJUUv4TKzob9bBd9s3Y2yg34OzQNUflcT239MmQzHp1Q/w640-h438/Ma+Deuce+original+drawing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARpWV8juZh9I7-GLo4eSdO8jEDWsU5ESD-7WCD9tEHdOj2dfgSN-fNtF-tXx89IKWvpypzfzmJS0CldrOeREFXAtPz_sT4gukPs8mQHmVgVKtNj-K-uifTOt3dbdhdVCRxF4TPg/s400/Sketch+32+M2+Gunners.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="400" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARpWV8juZh9I7-GLo4eSdO8jEDWsU5ESD-7WCD9tEHdOj2dfgSN-fNtF-tXx89IKWvpypzfzmJS0CldrOeREFXAtPz_sT4gukPs8mQHmVgVKtNj-K-uifTOt3dbdhdVCRxF4TPg/w640-h467/Sketch+32+M2+Gunners.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsboADElhW_u56DSrj_q_1max-irBiTTOY8TBaqPmH39YX0-o6l4H9e08Y1Zw2L-YAzwKdyFcgnJUnW4jBGaUILnK1tRRcRMIbW02YzPXOPrdnBrzJsk0usv4SLoccNDydLayRHA/s640/Sketch+of+the+Day+37+M60+Gunner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsboADElhW_u56DSrj_q_1max-irBiTTOY8TBaqPmH39YX0-o6l4H9e08Y1Zw2L-YAzwKdyFcgnJUnW4jBGaUILnK1tRRcRMIbW02YzPXOPrdnBrzJsk0usv4SLoccNDydLayRHA/w416-h640/Sketch+of+the+Day+37+M60+Gunner.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIxYVizzQviIV3TJ_EZTx29c9tbGdpwkWJ2xEnpnIP7D04WLxJ70rCO4mY1WFQtn3H-9x6tuzvJnqJXTtC3Jg-py8Jlmx_K1K6wVZVplBYUmUoj_PfiSWLdZFpIx25sW-JpRL7g/s400/Sketch+of+the+Day+38+M60+Gunner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="294" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIxYVizzQviIV3TJ_EZTx29c9tbGdpwkWJ2xEnpnIP7D04WLxJ70rCO4mY1WFQtn3H-9x6tuzvJnqJXTtC3Jg-py8Jlmx_K1K6wVZVplBYUmUoj_PfiSWLdZFpIx25sW-JpRL7g/w470-h640/Sketch+of+the+Day+38+M60+Gunner.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcODuSa5F0yzHWF_c6FTo6eeMQiY3eT9hze_kahNhdODQohfU7v02g68h3tUwjcZxylFGYO4957pZKOxxEzY_gS6uyUX_ZxJUW71FAT-t7vf13xLQvuP52oxeR-YOwI0NCjZu9A/s1600/Vietnam+60+Gunner+pencil+drawing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1061" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcODuSa5F0yzHWF_c6FTo6eeMQiY3eT9hze_kahNhdODQohfU7v02g68h3tUwjcZxylFGYO4957pZKOxxEzY_gS6uyUX_ZxJUW71FAT-t7vf13xLQvuP52oxeR-YOwI0NCjZu9A/w424-h640/Vietnam+60+Gunner+pencil+drawing.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJV9P88OTBpFzQGTK_AFKO81Sp6ZLY6D9_6p-YStdJR19C4Nc7nSBhxWo2vcoQAyEX9csqY58rSoItOuGOAUNBqsdivj-vDCnLkmPfWfgs0p08VIM5dsNfraYCGzwUaThyveocRA/s1600/Marine+of+2Bn+8th+Marines+at+LZ+Op+River+Liberty+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1162" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJV9P88OTBpFzQGTK_AFKO81Sp6ZLY6D9_6p-YStdJR19C4Nc7nSBhxWo2vcoQAyEX9csqY58rSoItOuGOAUNBqsdivj-vDCnLkmPfWfgs0p08VIM5dsNfraYCGzwUaThyveocRA/w464-h640/Marine+of+2Bn+8th+Marines+at+LZ+Op+River+Liberty+4.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-32082978759424763732021-11-27T22:28:00.002-05:002021-11-27T22:29:25.098-05:00Damage Control: Always Vigilant! <div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkSImEmZBAdT2my37_mShTW6hqk84XXvPnEY1S3RNopYofPHHaYi6TMUwFpk_9Kx0Dy2AdOlhe_H6X4sLd1GD98LGk6aMoIBBAbNb06bi827I0DDCloJSmk3K0amjyZ_IMkZMTw/s1600/Alvarado+and+Puente+in+GQ+Drill.jpg" style="background-color: #333333; color: #dd7700; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkSImEmZBAdT2my37_mShTW6hqk84XXvPnEY1S3RNopYofPHHaYi6TMUwFpk_9Kx0Dy2AdOlhe_H6X4sLd1GD98LGk6aMoIBBAbNb06bi827I0DDCloJSmk3K0amjyZ_IMkZMTw/s640/Alvarado+and+Puente+in+GQ+Drill.jpg" style="background: rgb(17, 17, 17); border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 1px; position: relative;" width="460" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"> <span style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;">A US Navy ship is a highly-developed, powerful, fast and seaworthy thing. It is truly an engineering and craftsmanship wonder.</span></span></p><span style="background-color: black;"><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;">It is a giant conglomeration of parts-- thousands of tons of steel, miles of electric wires, fuel and water pipes, ventilation & heating & cooling ducts, and so on. Fill it up with people and countless other things-- many of which are flammable or can sink! There are so many things that can threaten the safety of the crew and the seaworthiness of the vessel.</span><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;">Damage Control is critical to the survival of the ship, in war or in peacetime.</span><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;">While on board the Harry S. Truman in September 2015, I got to witness a common but very important training event, conducted by the crew-- a GQ (General Quarters) Drill.</span><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><span style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;">"General Quarters" is regularly sounded to keep the crew sharp, and on their toes, ready for any contingency. Every crewman has a duty station when this happens, and they all rush to their battle stations, put on their gear, and do drills. It's a very interesting thing to watch, and it makes you admire the efficiency and teamwork the Navy engages in with every sailor and section on board a naval vessel.</span><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AVPahZ9A3mog_FnZnKErNdrffkuZ4-pHzc9aepl_jcV6rpcBqpBsikgr8t7aQ8Y5nDngArXTeaEy6EE_ZV0Z4-oqjhMEy3INznI0ybsUg9qS04RLfpPpv5ItOML37a_Qyp78iA/s640/Checking+the+Roster+during+GQ+Drill+on+USS+Harry+S+Truman.jpg" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-AVPahZ9A3mog_FnZnKErNdrffkuZ4-pHzc9aepl_jcV6rpcBqpBsikgr8t7aQ8Y5nDngArXTeaEy6EE_ZV0Z4-oqjhMEy3INznI0ybsUg9qS04RLfpPpv5ItOML37a_Qyp78iA/w480-h640/Checking+the+Roster+during+GQ+Drill+on+USS+Harry+S+Truman.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;"> Getting geared up fast for fire control...</span><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPsWuVBy3lbS6DruryNGqWp_kvUumKvi1q_oiTuKHy8QKlucP_8HalQ583rGQNVAP6lV15UAkdpzKgrc6pAXZ73sBp-j4QE8VfTfmNW5URBwUwXOOjilIjbMp3lr3YXpeoOOIuw/s1600/4+Fire+Drill+1.jpg" style="background-color: black; color: #dd7700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPsWuVBy3lbS6DruryNGqWp_kvUumKvi1q_oiTuKHy8QKlucP_8HalQ583rGQNVAP6lV15UAkdpzKgrc6pAXZ73sBp-j4QE8VfTfmNW5URBwUwXOOjilIjbMp3lr3YXpeoOOIuw/s640/4+Fire+Drill+1.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 1px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: black;"><br style="color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgik4dmd9wNtG7x4dCe08bbjymQxUpPEcj-9X-1GlI0iqAPYlZWrSigaJ6Ww_nsnaxyyW2xECZA0DEOXrV-UVAb69_e4uunn5RjnmAC4yUTMCo8ooSIc-zWXaqGOr1Wt2EOujtiTg/s1600/2016-005-02+Fire+Drill+in+Aft+Damage+Control.JPG" style="background-color: black; color: #dd7700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgik4dmd9wNtG7x4dCe08bbjymQxUpPEcj-9X-1GlI0iqAPYlZWrSigaJ6Ww_nsnaxyyW2xECZA0DEOXrV-UVAb69_e4uunn5RjnmAC4yUTMCo8ooSIc-zWXaqGOr1Wt2EOujtiTg/s640/2016-005-02+Fire+Drill+in+Aft+Damage+Control.JPG" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 1px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-small;">"Fire Drill in Aft D.C." 2015, oil on canvas, 20" x 24"</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;">Here are some of the Fire Control related sketches I did while visiting the destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 1px; position: relative;" width="332" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e5e5e5; font-family: "IM Fell English"; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"> </span></div>Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-84679951536897644162021-11-27T22:04:00.007-05:002021-11-27T22:09:55.553-05:00A Guest at the Supra! <p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are some of my sketches from Batumi, Georgia a few years back, when I was part of a group of Navy folks who were guests at a traditional event called the "supra," hosted by the Georgian Navy. </span></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">I was there as a Navy artist on board the <span style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/mount.whitney/?__cft__[0]=AZWpY56wiapw7MxC5zgTWNCl08VVVo7Qv6kHd8gTBidM2TM46lrbFzGzELcUJwpdiBkFQz-aImX3YD8S-2Z7BdsejEa0GsG7LNxpgzS3gatBW6J0DvOwHByU-D5RGjcgbUndK5uRKvsaMDx-GzZeoem3&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="animation-name: none; display: inline; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none;">USS MOUNT WHITNEY LCC 20</span></a></span> (we'd just transited the Bosphorus into the Black Sea, and docked at Batumi).</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">The tradition of the supra involves a great dinner, with guests and hosts going around the table during the evening, each making a toast (with everyone at the table drinking from their cups --or horns, depending!). Georgian food is amazing, btw.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9jlKteXelIx9Y7D3YlOL-C4tABibVugbG17e-DV1pzxV1LuR1gLgtgksJapD68F1KuBYgRDcOcY9TZBsL_efvH81QZvkO4QSWdAPtjZ3J26e8wuxcXdrPvgx7l3nHUTXYz3FPA/s2048/017+Musician+3rd+Class+Steven+Hooper+of+US+Naval+Forces+Europe+Band+prepares+to+play+on+the+pier+at+Batumi+Georgia+12+Oct+2016.jpg" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1224" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9jlKteXelIx9Y7D3YlOL-C4tABibVugbG17e-DV1pzxV1LuR1gLgtgksJapD68F1KuBYgRDcOcY9TZBsL_efvH81QZvkO4QSWdAPtjZ3J26e8wuxcXdrPvgx7l3nHUTXYz3FPA/w239-h400/017+Musician+3rd+Class+Steven+Hooper+of+US+Naval+Forces+Europe+Band+prepares+to+play+on+the+pier+at+Batumi+Georgia+12+Oct+2016.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><span style="background-color: black; 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How joyous it is when a project comes to fruition-- especially when it's been a long, intense process involving every bit of your creativity and skills. <br /><br />Sculpture can be challenging. It is difficult to create something from materials such as clay or wax, and to make it look as you want it to look. To capture the emotions, form and texture of a thing in three dimensions requires hard work, focus, and faithfulness. But with bronze casting, THAT'S ONLY HALF OF THE STORY.<br /><br />It takes a whole, involved creative process to take the original sculpture, formed by the artist in clay, and cast it in a metal. <br /><br />Foundry work is the big unsung element of sculpture. So much work is done by the foundry craftsmen, yet the artist gets all the credit!<br /><br />A couple of years ago I was blessed to have one of my sculptures cast in bronze for display by the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico.<br /><br />I had begun the work several years before that, and posted about it on this blog, <a href="http://kjbattles.blogspot.com/2012/05/even-more-like-mule.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://kjbattles.blogspot.com/2012/07/moving-along-on-trail-to-higher-learning.html" target="_blank">here</a> (at the bottom of the post).<br /><br />Well, the sculpture was brought to a pretty high level of finish when I was on active duty, but due to an early end to my active duty career (I'd been a mobilized Reservist on active duty for eight years, and could no longer stay on active duty in the combat artist billet according to law and regulation), the sculpture sat in the Combat Art Collection gathering dust, hoping for finish and fulfillment.<br /><br />A few months ago, the National Museum of the Marine Corps contacted me and asked if I'd be willing to finish the mule sculpture for them, and to assist the foundry to get it molded and cast in bronze, for display at the Museum! I said "yes" of course! So a few dozen hours of sculpting later, and another several weeks of good, hard foundry work at Wegner Metal Arts in Fredericksburg, VA, the sculpture was finally realized in bronze! <br /><br />Here are some of the photos of the process:<br /><br />The original, finished in wax, metal, wood, and plaster, arrives at the foundry:<br />
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The original is segmented out into its constituent parts, for the next step in the process:<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">Rubber Molding:</span></strong> (I call this the "chocolate bunny" phase, because the resulting cast wax model is a lot like a hollow chocolate bunny...!):</div>
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(the nylon strings I'd used had to be replaced with twine, in order to not leave a residue and cause trouble during the lost wax "burn out" phase...<br /><br /><br />CASTING IN BRONZE! <br />The wax model is dipped in a liquid ceramic "slip" and coated in silica, several times, until a shell is around the model. Then, this shell is heated to harden the mold and melt out the wax, leaving an empty mold in the exact shape of the wax model which once occupied it.<br />Then, the mold is heated once more and molten wax is then poured in, creating an exact replica in bronze of the wax model, and thus the original piece.<br /><br />Steven and Stewart Wegner of Wegner Metal Arts in Fredericksburg, VA pour the bronze into the ceramic molds.<br /><br /><br /></div>
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Hershel W. Williams and his flamethrower. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">It struck me how "on fire" the whole piece is, not only in its colorful and energetic depiction of the scene from Iwo Jima in 1945, but also in the WAY Col Waterhouse expressed it WITH THE PAINT ITSELF: If you look at some of the detail photos, you'll notice that he captured the heat, drama, and chaotic nature of a flamethrower in action using a very modernist technique-- splattering and dripping-- it's like "Jackson Pollock goes to war!" </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Though Pollock was non-figurative in his signature technique, Waterhouse utilized that abstract technique to represent something from nature-- and to both denote and connote a visual and emotional truth. The paint tumbles and falls over itself as the colors burst amongst and on top of each other-- it's chaos with an order to it, guided by the artist's hand.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmkQExdym1L8aIRMllSEaUJC6enP3pvmiXKXy5CIaLyAoV4wsu9d9J9f990jbRONvrglJI2lWl8ndc7_5tfQWq3eoRZ3aZWUidqwuRS79NXsrRqHMFmQP92WWA5j8f_e2I_nHAQ/s2048/Waterhouse+MOH+Hershel+Williams+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmkQExdym1L8aIRMllSEaUJC6enP3pvmiXKXy5CIaLyAoV4wsu9d9J9f990jbRONvrglJI2lWl8ndc7_5tfQWq3eoRZ3aZWUidqwuRS79NXsrRqHMFmQP92WWA5j8f_e2I_nHAQ/s320/Waterhouse+MOH+Hershel+Williams+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj117wz5CMQlLDzQSW4G48TastfnEfRfBFDEoNMrjKT_9jlLOUr5w041e9xaeseETjGiSKouEuDksyfi64RGgT3iBuvtheGj8dtRv7qarga4DcyKpJ7kWNukEJuaFH5ThNBjwGKYw/s2048/Waterhouse+MOH+Hershel+Williams+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">"Filing out to the Birds," acrylic on canvas. 30" x 20". Marines on the flight deck of USS Bataan (LHD-5) head out to board MV22 Ospreys.</span></td></tr>
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Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-57222595967118543762016-11-18T11:44:00.002-05:002017-02-27T21:09:55.880-05:00Marines on the MEUI recently had another great opportunity to go out to the fleet and sketch Marines in their natural habitats. Though the trip was part of my job as an artist for the Navy Art Collection, I of course came across Marines on the LHD (USS Bataan, LHD-5), training for an upcoming deployment with the 24th MEU. These are modest and few, but I thought it'd be appropriate to post them here in this venue. It's all about the sketchpad, after all-- drawing what you see on location.<br />
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In the next month or two, I will have completed several full-color oil paintings and sketches based on what I saw on board the Bataan. Stay tuned!Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-74849996302636211232016-09-02T15:34:00.000-04:002017-02-27T21:08:31.706-05:00Sketching in the Cool Spaces, continued... Here are more sketches from my time on board the USS Harry S. Truman:<br />
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Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-91815232478940989252016-09-02T14:05:00.001-04:002016-09-02T17:16:18.320-04:00Sketches and the Cool Spaces on a CarrierLast year, I was blessed to be able to sketch on board a US Navy vessel -- Specifically, the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). What a privilege it was, to see so many people and sites aboard the floating city, and to be able to sketch what I had the good fortune to see.<br />
I sketched continually, and was escorted by good people around the ship, showing me all the cool spots, where interesting Navy stuff was happening.<br />
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Here are a few of the sketches I did:<br />
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F-18 in the hangar bay.</div>
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The Captain in his chair (<a href="https://paw.princeton.edu/article/navy-pilot-takes-helm-uss-truman" target="_blank">Capt Ryan Scholl</a>)</div>
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Primary Flight Control ("Pri-Fly") .</div>
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<br />Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-62455839378626863852016-09-01T14:48:00.001-04:002016-09-01T14:48:16.480-04:00Damage Control: Always VigilantWhile on board the Harry S. Truman last year, I got to witness a common but very important training event, conducted by the crew-- a GQ Drill (General Quarters). <br /><br />"General Quarters" is regularly sounded to keep the crew sharp, and on their toes, ready for any contingency. Every crewman has a duty station when this happens, and they all rush to their battle stations, put on their gear, and do drills. It's a very interesting thing to watch, and it makes you admire the efficiency and teamwork the Navy engages in with every sailor and section on board a naval vessel.<br />
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Getting geared up fast for fire control...<br />
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Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-77712368845897564042015-10-10T14:02:00.000-04:002015-10-10T14:05:06.347-04:00Ten Days Out To Sea! Part One-- Out to the ShipThe last few weeks have held a lot in my life, and I have a lot to post!<br />
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I just got back the 30th of September, from a ten-day trip aboard an aircraft carrier and two smaller vessels in its strike group.<br />
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I was sent by the Naval History and Heritage Command, to deploy aboard the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Harry_S._Truman" target="_blank"> USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)</a> and document the life and activities of sailors as they trained for deployment.<br />
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I drove down to Norfolk on the 19th, where I took a commercial flight down to Jacksonville, Florida. The next morning, the 20th, I got a taxi out to Naval Air Station Jacksonville to get on a military supply aircraft-- known as a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_onboard_delivery" target="_blank">COD (Carrier Onboard Delivery)</a> and was flown out to the USS Harry S Truman, which was not too far out in the Atlantic, undergoing its pre-deployment training, known as <a href="http://navaltoday.com/2015/10/01/harry-s-truman-csg-wraps-up-comptuex/" target="_blank">COMPTUEX</a>. <br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-small;">They gave me this "cranial" to wear. "VIP". Crazy, right? It hopefully means, Very Interesting Person...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-small;">The chairs faced backwards (this is looking forward from the last row).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-small;">The air crewman, looking forward, getting ready to sit down before saying, "HERE WE GO...!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">We'd been told to strap in of course, and when we heard one of the crewmen saying, "Here We Go, Here We Go, HERE WE GO...!" we were to sit back in the seat with our head facing straight to the rear, and await the "trap:" when we'd touch down on the deck and hit the arresting wire, coming very quickly to a stop (from around a hundred fifty miles an hour to zero in around two seconds!).<br /><br />Well, sure enough, that's exactly what happened and boy, what a rush! I've never felt such a huge force upon my body-- as if I was going to be torn apart. My head was tugged back into the headrest, my whole body was sucked into the seat, as if I were going to be sucked through it. I can only describe it as feeling like the old sequence in the movie, <em>Star Wars,</em> where they make the jump into hyperspace and the stars rush by suddenly-- or I guess it's rather more like when they come out of hyperspace, and it all suddenly slows down (the only experience to which I could compare the sudden change in speed would be "The Volcano" roller coaster at King's Dominion)! I found myself thinking, "WE'RE GONNA DIE!!! and then the second it was over: "Can we do it again?!"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-small;">First view out the rear door of the COD, just after landing.</span></div>
We were told to follow the crewman out of the plane, and we did so. We were led to the edge of the flight deck, down some stairs and into a hatch in the carrier itself, where we were taken to the Air Travel Office and we were checked in. I was met there soon after arriving by LT Tabitha Klingensmith, one of the Public Affairs Officers on board the Truman. She was to be my sponsor while there-- and not only was also a combination of supervisor, guide, event planner, organizer, and agent throughout my stay-- and proved to be invaluable in the successful completion of my art mission. I must say, without her skills in logistics and networking, I would never have been able to fulfill my mission as much as did, which will be evident in future posts on the experience.<br />
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I was shown my quarters, given a tour of certain parts of the ship, and within an hour of being on board, I was back on the deck, being led by the Safety Officer amongst the "controlled chaos" that is Flight Deck Operations on a super carrier, taking photographs of the crews at work, and the aircraft and pilots catapulting off the ship! <br />
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It was a great start to what would prove to be a very fruitful visit.<br />
<br />Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-13329940638340978892015-09-16T12:22:00.004-04:002015-09-16T12:22:54.978-04:00It will be ours (again). Oh yes, it will be ours... I just read a great <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/news-and-events/news/2014/the-monuments-woman-of-navy-art.html" target="_blank">feature story</a> about Gale Munro, head curator (and my boss) at Navy Art, and how Gale and the staff at Navy Art cherish the art under their care--and will take great steps to bring lost or "misappropriated" art back into the fold. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><em>Old Salt of the Sixth Fleet</em> by Frank Zuccarelli, Oil on canvas, 1972, misappropriated circa 1998, recovered in early 2009</span></span></div>
Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-44893296606996072202015-09-12T18:00:00.001-04:002015-09-12T19:41:05.140-04:00Featured Artist: LCDR McClelland Barclay, USNRI've been doing a lot of visual research recently as part of my professional artistic development, being still somewhat of a neophyte Naval Combat Artist. In my research on Navy art and artists, I have found quite a few artists of note, especially when it comes to the combat artists of World War Two. <br />
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One of these great WWII artists is <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/artists/the-art-of-mcclelland-barclay.html" target="_blank">McClelland Barclay</a>, an artist who had made a name for himself as an illustrator before the war, and who did some of the great Navy art of the period. He served faithfully, creating powerful art for the Navy and his country, and gave his life in that service (he was lost when LST-342 was torpedoed in the early morning hours of July 18, 1943 off New Georgia. Part of the wreck can <a href="http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/SolomonIslands/NgellaIslands/Lst342/index.html" target="_blank">still be seen today</a>). <br />
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What I admire about Barclay's work is his use of dynamic compositions and dramatic color. There is a power in Barclay's simple yet realistic style. "Less is more," as the adage goes, and is proven true in Barclay's work. Though almost minimal in execution, his compositions maintain an almost frenetic energy. All extraneous details are omitted, and all remaining visual elements work together, moving the viewer's eye though the piece, fulfilling the visual and emotional goal the artist sets out to do.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">by McClelland Barclay </span></span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-small;">(used as art for Navy recruiting poster<span style="color: #f1c232;">, "<span class="lb-title">Dish It Out with the Navy - Choose Now While You Can</span></span>") </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">(original concept drawing for art used in recruiting poster, </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">"<span class="lb-title">Dish It Out with the Navy - Choose Now While You Can</span>") </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="lb-title"><em>Sailor Loading Fixed Ammunition</em></span> Oil on Canvas 1942 by McClelland Barclay</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-small;">(used as art for Navy recruiting poster, "Man the Guns--Join the Navy") </span></div>
Barclay's WWII Navy work is powerful, given the choice of subject matter and his method of depicting the strong young men fighting for our way of life (some have described a homo-erotic subtext to his Navy work, though I won't go into that here. Barclay's pre-war work, a lot of which was pin-up or "cheesecake" art, could be said to glorify the female sensual ideal. So one would probably have to categorize his work more as worshiping the "young and beautiful" than promoting eroticism).<br />
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I think it is not only the power and energy Barclay portrays in his images, but also the power and energy of his compositions which is worthy of emulation. He is a master.<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="lb-title"><em>General Quarters, Battle Stations</em> </span>Oil on Canvas 1940-42 by McClelland Barclay</span></span></div>
Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-70209905589903647132015-08-27T14:59:00.000-04:002015-08-27T15:02:07.185-04:00Laundry Time!Much of the life of a Sailor or Marine involves things that don't quite fit the brochure or TV ad the recruiter showed them before they signed up! <br />
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And much of daily life aboard a ship is rather like much of daily life on shore: full of banal things like doing the dishes, doing laundry, and a hundred other similar chores. <br />
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<span class="tgtColl" direction="target" id="ctl00_cC_ucResPM_lblTranslation" lang="1036">The French term for the feeling these activities inspire in a person is, "ennui." Sounds exotic. In English, we call it, "boredom." </span><br />
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<span class="tgtColl" direction="target" lang="1036">When artists paint such regular, every-day things, we call them, "slices of life." </span><br />
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<span class="tgtColl" direction="target" lang="1036">The following oil on panel I did was from an experience I had aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) a few years ago, while deploying with a Marine Corps Osprey Squadron, VMM-263. <br /><br />In it, I tried to express the "ennui" involved in doing the laundry in a "laundromat" type room, well below deck, along with the heat and relatively cramped space. </span><br />
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I came across this image again today while studying naval terms and marine art:</div>
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.<br /><br />It's a painting by the famous Impressionist painter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet" target="_blank">Edouard Manet</a> (1832-1883) entitled <br />"The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama." <br />It depicts the single-ship action between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kearsarge_(1861)" target="_blank">USS Kearsarge</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Alabama" target="_blank">CSS Alabama</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cherbourg_(1864)" target="_blank">The Battle of Cherbourg </a>off the coast of France in 1864. <br /><br />Though Manet himself didn't witness the battle, he almost certainly drew from first-hand accounts of other French citizens, hundreds of whom witnessed the battle as it unfolded just outside the Cherbourg harbor. <br /><br />I find it a powerful composition and a good example of marine art and historical illustration.<br />Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-702321119362024712015-02-07T10:57:00.003-05:002015-02-07T10:57:45.593-05:00Old Ironsides! continued...Progress from the painting I've been working on for the Navy Art Program, "Cleaning the Salute Gun," (9" x 10" acrylic on mounted canvas)<br />
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Yesterday's progress:<br />
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Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-28819709578617365202015-02-04T11:22:00.003-05:002015-02-05T10:23:26.444-05:00Old Ironsides! In October, I had the privilege of once again touring the USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," and go aboard her as she was taken out for her last "turn around" cruise before entering dry dock sometime this year.<br />
(<a href="http://kjbattles.blogspot.com/2010/05/marine-week-boston.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> for my first experience seeing Constitution at Marine Week Boston in 2010).<br />
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I am now painting as a civilian artist for the Navy Art Program, and they sent me up to sketch, photograph, and paint the ship and crew-- to document for posterity the wonderful anachronism of the oldest commissioned ship still in the naval service.<br />
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Since I got back, I've been drawing and painting scenes from my time on board, and am beginning to see the fruits of my labor.<br />
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I've got several paintings in process, both oil and acrylic, as well as some drawings...<br />
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Yesterday I finished an acrylic study of a Constitution sailor, with full 1813 uniform complete with coat and cover, working with rope: <br />
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Other works, still in process, are several oils, including one featuring one of the female sailors aboard (I refer to this painting unofficially as "Rosie the Sailor"):</div>
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Also nearing completion is this oil painting, based on several photos I took of the crew in action, here shown hauling in the lines so we can cast off and get underway.</div>
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Yesterday, I began this little acrylic (9" x 10") study of a gunners mate cleaning the "salute gun" after Constitution did a 21gun salute while out in the harbor:</div>
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I will keep you posted, perhaps even later in the day, as this one progresses...<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">UPDATED @ 1630, 4 Feb 2015</span><br />
here's the progress on it from this afternoon:<br />
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The insurgency of the prairie begins, with a Meerkat assault.Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-34028923526542139452014-08-08T12:15:00.000-04:002014-08-08T14:17:15.354-04:00Get Some! A little light fun with animals "out on the range"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Today's drawing--<br />
A "60" gunner walking along on patrol.<br />
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<br />Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-74162324296387661462014-06-03T11:50:00.000-04:002014-06-03T11:52:54.007-04:00Little Treasure, Lost and FoundHere's an old sketch I did while on my first deployment as a combat artist, back in 2006. It's of a young jundi (soldier), one Ali Muhammad Kathair, just before he goes out on patrol in his town of Anah, Iraq:<br />
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I'm glad we found it (my wife was organizing her new craft space and found it in some things-- we still have no clue how it got there!). I will submit it to the Combat Art Collection of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, where it belongs.<br />
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Sketches like this one are very valuable, I think, because though they may lack refinement or be a bit "off," they are one of a kind records of something the artist saw.<br />
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<br />Kristopher Battleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30879950.post-48903357274230036802014-05-07T12:32:00.003-04:002014-05-07T12:32:42.786-04:00Home of the Commandants <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I was going through my photo CDs just now, and found a disc with these photos on it.<br />They're of the "The Home of the Commandants" in Washington DC, and show the portrait I did of the residence, hanging on the wall in the main hallway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I still get a kick out of thinking about that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">They really framed it up nicely, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I also did another architectural rendering of the proposed monument, to be used in a promotional piece:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> It's a veritable hodgepodge of visual elements including digital work, drawings, photographs and sculpted items (the finial Emblem on the top is actually the maquette I did for the project) I must also give credit to Natalie of the architectural firm Fentress, whose original rendering using my design sketches I used as the inspiration and derivation for this image. </span><br />
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