Creator of Marine Art - published by Sumar Publications

For print enquiries email - Ed-walker@sumarpubl.fsnet.co.uk

City of Adelaide – original oil 24”x36” by E D Walker

About E. D. Walker

Ted Walker, is a world-renowned professional marine artist who is equally at home painting deep-sea sailing vessels, the majestic Cunarders, RMS Titanic, and countless other ships of all types and ages. His works are to be found both in public, private and royal collections.

He is the official artist for the RMS Titanic Artefacts Exhibitions currently touring Europe and North America.

One of Ted’s recent commissions was to paint the new Cunarder, Queen Mary 2. This work was published as a postage stamp for the Royal Mail and was also available as first-day covers and in educational packs etc. A further commission from Cunard was to paint the old Cunarders Britannia and Persia to be hung in the interior of their new vessel “Queen Victoria”.

Ted takes great pride in being classed as a maritime expert, noted for his authenticity and attention to detail in regard to each work he undertakes, be it for a private individual or a commission emanating from one of his most enduring partnerships with Cunard Shipping.

He undertakes commissions regularly and to enable the general public to enjoy his paintings he formed his publishing firm, Sumar Publications. This outlet allows fine-art prints to be supplied, at a reasonable cost, to all who appreciate the beauty and majesty of a ship of any era at sea.

Ted Walker paintings are now acknowledged, by both naval and maritime experts, as importantly significant historical documents as well as outstanding works of beauty in their own right. A selected number of original oils are available for purchase.

Contents

Fine Art Prints

RMS Titanic Gallery

American Civil War Gallery

Irish Famine

Fishing and Whaling Gallery

Queen Mary 2

Miscellaneous Prints

Original Oils

E D Walker originals and prints for purchase

Ted’s first book ‘Sea Liverpool: The Maritime Art of Edward D Walker’ showcases 38 of his paintings, nearly all of them with a Port of Liverpool connection.

The paintings range from Samuel Cunard’s Britannia of 1840 to Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 which Ted was commissioned to paint for a Royal Mail first class stamp a few years ago. Amongst other transatlantic liners pictured in the book are the much-loved Mauretania, Aquitania, Franconia, Caronia and Reina del Pacifico as well as the ill-fated Liverpool-registered Titanic and frequent visitor to the Mersey, QE2.

Included are vessels from the romantic sailing ship era along with the Mersey Ferries Woodchurch and Upton, the Isle of Man ferry Manxman, Planet lightship, Royal Navy vessels HMS Whimbrel and HMS Cornwall and the submarine HMS Unicorn. Of special interest are two paintings of the Birkenhead-built Confederate blockade runner CSS Alabama which wreaked havoc among Union shipping during the American Civil War. The last act of that war, the surrender in the River Mersey of another Confederate warship, the Shenandoah, is also pictured in the book.

Ted’s magnificent paintings are enhanced by individual write-ups of each subject specially commissioned from Dr Adrian Jarvis, former Keeper of Port History with National Museums Liverpool. Readers will find them authoritive, and illuminating.

Priced at £14.99, this superb A4-size, 92-page full-colour hardback book is available from various outlets throughout Merseyside or direct from Ted as a signed copy.

For purchase enquiries email - Ed-walker@sumarpubl.fsnet.co.uk

For bulk purchases contact the publishers Ron Jones Associates (email: books@rja-mpl.com / phone 0151 650 6975).

RMS Titanic Gallery

(Click on thumbnails for larger pictures)

Titanic Leaving Belfast for Sea Trials

Fine art print size 28 x 19 inches (711 x 482 mm)

Titanic - Pride of Ulster

Fine Art Print 28 x 19 inches (711 x 482 mm) Limited Edition

Titanic - Sea Trials Completed

Fine Art Print 28 x 19 inches (711x482 mm)

Titanic - Pride and Splendour

Fine Art Print 19 x 15 inches (482 x 381 mm)

Titanic – Into the Night

Fine Art Print 19 x 15 inches (482 x 381 mm)

Titanic Leaving Southampton

Fine Art Print 27 x 20 inches (686 x 508 mm)

Titanic Maiden Voyage

Fine Art Print 28 x 19 inches (711 x 482 mm)

For print enquiries email - Ed-walker@sumarpubl.fsnet.co.uk

Contents

American Civil War Gallery

Alabama in River Mersey

Fine Art Print 29 x 21 inches ( 737 x 533 mm)