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| Design carved in local stone is the 1st step |
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| I start by roughing out the design |
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| Totem with bottles behind is fun |
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| I've started using a new power tool that almost whittles the wood, giving me a lot more control, as pine tends to split if you use traditional hammer and chisel. |
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| At last my long awaited work space is ready and its so wonderful |
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| not sure what to do first painting or carving or just DIY |
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| The whole garden needs a good sort so much to do never enough time |
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| "The Artist Model Has Grubby Feet" the title is a reminder that things are rarely perfect; a beautiful model with dirty feet and parts of the painting may appear sketchy, Yet it is complete) painted 6/4/13 acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm I'm concidering puting this one into the Leamington Open influenced by Pre Raphaelites romance and the wonderful linear style of the Art Nouveau posters I feel I've moved on a thousand miles in a month I've been painting the figure from life, obsessed with depicting skin yet not possible without the discirplin of painting at trinity 5-10 hours a week for the last three years painting anything and everything |
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| Not Pretty 3 Acrylic on paper 29/3/13 a portrait of Jac my friend and wild life illustrator during a nasty bout of shingles effecting the optic nerve, potentially devastating for an artist The Jenny Saville book my daughter bought me for Xmas has helped me start my "Not Pretty" series I've been thinking about for a while Thanks Julia |
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| Not Pretty 1 Oil on canvas 17/3/13 portrait of my friend with MS, again potentially devastating illness. Lucian Freud inspired |
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| Sunset 2013 oil on canvas £175 Atmospheric landscape, with dramatic colour; using colour theory |
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| Geese 2006 acrylic on canvas £195 These two geese are a common sight on the Grand Union Canal Leamington. a dedicated same sex couple living happily since escaping from a local farm |
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| Light through trees 2010 acrylic on canvas £245 inspired by a walk on Leek Wotton golf course |
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| Glorious Mud 2011 acrylic on canvas £245 happy childhood memories come to mind when watching a friends youngest play near Saxonmill |
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| Jackie Entertains 2012 acrylic on canvas £195 after drawing Jackie James performing many times, this painting is an attempt to capture her unique talent |
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| I took advantage of the lovely spring weather to do a bit of planting and a tidy |
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| new bottle trees and a large post (future totem pole) |
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