Seascape Ceylon - George Richard Deakins

George Richard Deakins, (1911-1981) was an English painter. A Petty Officer in the Royal Navy, Deakins began painting to relieve boredom while serving on a British cruiser in the Indian Ocean during World War II. Deakins’ distinctive thick impasto style of painting in thick textured oils with skilled use of the palette knife made his work look contemporary even by today’s standards.
Seascape Ceylon
Signed and dated 1954
Oil on Board
33.5 x 33 cm