Mike Turner with displays of his artworks at Hastings Station, 2025
Mike Turner specialises in transport illustration, primarily focusing on the rail sector, historical andmodern. During the last forty years he has worked on various magazine publishing and book projects as well as selling prints and original paintings. Most of his artworks have been commissioned by individual enthusiasts and modelling groups. He has also been involved with environmental and voluntary groups creating artist impressions to stimulate new thinking and support or oppose specific transport proposals.
Mike studied at High Wycombe College of Art & Design with the emphasis on graphic design, illustration and perspective drawing. He then did further studies at The London College of Printing which awarded him the City & Guilds qualification providing the incentive to work in the publishing sector. He worked at Times Newspapers for four years and then moved on to freelance work. He has lived on the West Hill in Hastings since 1987.
How trams might have looked on the seafront in St Leonards passing the Edwardian architecture of James and Decimus Burton (Mike Turner, c2003)……and how a tram might look if reintroduced in the 21st century (Mike Turner, 2012). This painting, showing a tram passing the Royal Victoria Hotel in St Leonards, is a revised version of Turner’s iconic entry (below) for the Visions for Hastings competition in 2000 .
Hastings Station booking hall, built 1931, demolished 2004 (Mike Turner, 2003).Hastings departure for Charing Cross under the Linton Road viaduct in the early 1950s. Locomotive ‘Cheltenham’, one of the School’s Class designs, specially built for the Hastings line. (Mike Turner, 2007.)How the Hastings bypass might have looked in the Site of Special Scientific Interest between Three Oaks and Westfield (Mike Turner, c1998/99).…and nearby (Mike Turner, c1998/99).… and crossing the Combe Haven valley (Mike Turner. c1998/99). The Government cancelled the proposed Hastings bypass in 2001.
