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A town’s D-Day commemoration has been portrayed in paint by a artist with a long-time connection to painting the armed forces. Artist, author and tutor, Tim O’Brien created a Plein-Air oil painting at yesterday’s (June 6) D-Day 80th annniversary commemoration in Bingham. Plein-Air painting is the practice of painting in the open air, with the subject in view, and Bingham-based creative Tim spent around one hour and 15 minutes on the piece. He waited to paint the sky and the beacon last of all when it was lit around 9pm. Tim said: “It was a last minute decision on my part to paint the event, bu…