From the brush of David Bray Alondra This article, and others, follow a series which Sea Breezes magazine is publishing, featuring David’s paintings, and the stories behind them. You can read the article text below ALONDRA in the Mersey When I was about 11 I started reading “Sea Breezes”. At that time the most interesting …
From the brush of David Bray Royal Archer This article, and others, follow a series which Sea Breezes magazine is publishing, featuring David’s paintings, and the stories behind them. You can read the article text below Almost forgotten nowadays is the fleet of small passenger-cargo vessels running regular services around the UK and in Home-Trade …
From the brush of David Bray Yellow Peril This article, and others, follow a series which Sea Breezes magazine is publishing, featuring David’s paintings, and the stories behind them. You can read the article text below As a kid in Great Yarmouth, the coasters of F T Everard were a familiar sight. There was always …
From the brush of David Bray Saga Ruby This article, and others, follow a series which Sea Breezes magazine is publishing, featuring David’s paintings, and the stories behind them. You can read the article text below Delivered in 1973 for Norwegian American Line, and originally named “Vistafjord”, the “Saga Ruby” was the last ocean liner …
From the brush of David Bray Larpool This article, and others, follow a series which Sea Breezes magazine is publishing, featuring David’s paintings, and the stories behind them. You can read the article text below The “Larpool” was a tramp steamer built in 1924 by Pickersgill’s in Sunderland for Headlam & Sons of Whitby. She …
From the brush of David Bray Sirdhana on the Hooghly River This article, and other to come, follow a series which Sea Breezes magazine is publishing, featuring David’s paintings, and the stories behind them. The Apcar company was founded in 1819 by the Armenian Apcar brothers. Originally based in Bombay, the company relocated to Calcutta …
Sea Breezes – Otranto The venerable ‘Sea Breezes’ magazine which celebrated its centenary in 2019, is featuring some of David’s paintings in a series called ‘From the brush of David Bray’. First up is the painting of Otranto arriving at Tilbury. Here’s the story behind it. OTRANTO was built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness in 1926 for …