Marchwood

Below are two images capturing most of Cross's magnificent 'Marchwood' painting. Trouble for Trumpets seems to have developed as a series of paintings without any clear storyline. Each painting contains a multitude of mini-stories:

... the unsuspecting Grumpet radar team

... the journey of the Secret Weapon

... the conscription and embarkation of Trumpet troops

... the Trumpet generals' lordly afternoon pursuits ...

In some ways the written storyline is entirely peripheral to the paintings: the paintings are the story, however fractured that might be. It's the world 'in between' the paintings that has always aroused my imagination: the painter has merely captured a snapshot of a world pulsing with life.