I have been admiring the TR3 that is shown on the cover of their October issue
which is a reprint of the painting by Ruel James. While the painting is very
nice, it also looked vaguely familiar but I didn't know why until recently.
The other night while I was pawing through Bill Piggot's new revision of
TR2/3/3A for the umpteenth time, I turned to page 11. There, less the
artistic license and the illusion of speed, is probably the photograph on
which the painting is based.
Having once been an avid photograher ( but more than likely I'm jealous
because of my inability to paint) I think that Mr. James should share some of
the credit with the photographer, Simon Clay. My wife and I have this
arguement quite often, as she was an illustrater and used to teach painting.
Regardless of my opinion, I still think that I will purchase it from Moss.
Gary Bouffard
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