HMAS Vendetta
The destroyer HMAS Vendetta in Sydney Harbour, the Bridge and the Opera House seen in the background.
- About Doug Sealy
Doug Sealy, was born in the outback town of West Wyalong, NSW. He had a love of drawing and of the countryside but there were no art classes available and even artists’ paints were not for sale in his town. Over the next 12 years, he picked up information from correspondence courses and tried to produce pictures himself. He then met established artist Reg Campbell who was exhibiting some of his paintings in the nearby regional centre of Forbes. Doug began an acquaintance with Campbell, which was to become that of Master and Student and finally that of a 33-year friendship.
In the following years, subject matter has extended to seascapes, steam trains, aircraft, still-lifes, nudes and floral paintings. His painting has developed in the mediums of water colours, pastels, acrylics, cont'e and charcoal.
Doug now lives in the Blue Mountains and has a studio gallery at Faulconbridge, 100 metres from the Norman Lindsay National Trust Gallery.
To date, sixteen of Doug Sealy's originals have been reproduced into print form and distributed worldwide. His paintings have been included in important collections in Australia, Japan, USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.
Doug Sealy also represents NSW in the Chamber of Commerce Building in Canberra and The Prime Minister's Department has purchased six of his paintings. Four of his painting are represented in the Australian War Memorial Canberra.
Doug Sealy is widely sought after as a demonstrator, teacher, judge and art critic. He has tutored at Charles sturt University. His art awards included five First and one Second Prize at Sydney Royal Easter shows and has been accepted three times for the Wynne Prize award, Camberwell $20,000 & Gold Medal Art Award.
- About HMAS Vendetta (ll)
HMAS Vendetta was a Daring Class, Destroyer. Four Darings were initially ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, although only three, Voyager, Vendetta and Vampire were eventually completed at Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne.
Vendetta was the first and only RAN Daring Class destroyer to go to war (Vietnam War).
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