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Ron Davidson lived most of his life in Roker, and Sunderland runs through his work: Roker Pier and its lighthouse, St Andrew’s Church, the docks and the River Wear, and The Last Ships, his painting of the last ships built on the Wear. Every painting is available as a Giclée print, mounted ready to frame, or as an A5 card.

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Ron Davidson’s Sunderland

Ron spent 20 years working in industry, and the shipyards, factories and working people of the North East stayed with him all his life. When redundancy came, he painted what he had seen: Sunderland’s decline as a shipbuilding port. The Last Ships, the last ships built on the River Wear, became one of his best-known works, alongside Working on the Wear, Industrial Wear and Another Shift.

He painted the coast he grew up beside just as often: Roker Pier and the lighthouses, stormy skies over the sea, the docks, and the day Ark Royal came home. For years his paintings hung in Sunderland’s pubs too, as the pub signs he painted for Vaux Breweries.

Every painting is reproduced as a Giclée print from Ron’s original watercolour, in A4, A3 or A2, unmounted or mounted, and as an A5 card. Every order supports the Great North Air Ambulance Service.

Ron’s Sunderland AFC paintings · Read Ron’s story

Questions about Ron’s Sunderland paintings

  • Roker above all, where he lived for most of his life: Roker Pier, St Andrew’s Church and the seafront. He also painted the River Wear, the docks, the shipyards and Old Fulwell.

  • Yes. Ron worked in industry for 20 years, and after his redundancy he painted The Last Ships, the last ships built on the River Wear. Working on the Wear, Industrial Wear and Another Shift are here too.

  • Yes, and they have their own page as well: Sunderland AFC paintings.

  • To be safe, please order mounted prints by 24 November and prints, cards and calendars by 7 December. For a print going overseas, order by 14 November.

  • Yes. Every painting is available as an A5 Giclée card for £4.25.