Night Fighter HURRICANE
by Kenneth Aitken
Original painting
NIGHT FIGHTER HURRICANE
Original artwork
by Ken Aitken
A Hawker Hurricane of No 85 Squadron prepares for a night sortie in late 1940.
A very clever, striking and evocative painting of a night fighter Hurricane
done solely with white pastel on a black board.
Signed by Ken Aitken to the reverse of the board.
Kenneth Aitken 1929-2003
Born in Warwickshire, Ken Aitken was an artist in watercolour, charcoal, pen and wash and pencil, noted for aircraft and motoring subjects. After leaving Leamington Spa School of Art he worked variously at an advertising agency as a visualiser, as a public house sign painter and spent six years in the Royal Air Force. He was also a technical artist with Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft as well as a Rootes/Chrysler sales artist before he worked freelance. Aitken was Chairman of the Guild of Motoring Artists and a member of the Guild of Aviation Artists and the Coventry Society of Watercolour Artists. RAF Cosford and the RAF Museum Hendon hold examples of his work.
Measures approx 19 x 13 inches in Fine condition and unframed
