Author: ArtisticActuary

Ugly Forest Path

30 July 2018 This was based on a picture on a birthday card.  It was a good choice of subject material.  But, as you can see, the execution was...

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Down T’Mill

16 July 2018 After Stock LinkedIn Photo With Bike Replaced With Dog got such a great reception on Facebook I thought I'd have another go at...

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Random Nebula

2 July 2018 Oh, this was a really good one.  It started out based on one particular nebula (I can't remember which one - sorry) but ended up...

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Abstract

29 June 2018 And now a genuine abstract.  What can I say about this one?  I separated the paper out into sections using masking tape.  It made the...

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Hadrian’s Wall

25 June 2018 I'd had some feedback that I was good at painting trees, so thought I'd better look for a good tree to paint.  A bit of googling of...

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A Mexican Tree

19 June 2018 And it's another bad one.  It's looking like I might be reverting back to my old standards. The painting's based on a photo.  I can't...

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Time Portal

11 June 2018 This is bad.  Very bad.  I still think the idea was a good one.  A landscape on a nice day, but with a sort of lens in front of it...

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Lightning Over Henley-On-Thames

6 June 2018 Some more lightning, this time over Henley-On-Thames. You can probably tell that this painting's been cropped.  There was a car and...

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Icebergs Off Newfoundland

6 June 2018 There's a village somewhere in Newfoundland that enjoys the sight every year of all these huge icebergs floating slowly past.  It...

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Lightning Over West Wellow

27 May 2018 There were some cracking thunderstorms in late May and I thought I'd have a go at painting one.  I dug around on the BBC News website...

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Trees Against A Green Sky

25 May 2018 I thought I'd try painting from real life.  Well, I say real life.  These trees are based on a couple of trees just over the fence in my...

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Unforgiven

23 May 2018 This is based on an establishing shot in Unforgiven, a Clint Eastwood Western from 1992.  I've got a lot of Westerns in my DVD...

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Schilthorn

21 May 2018 After the success with mountains a couple of days before (Susten Pass) I thought I had to have another go at a mountain scene from that...

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Susten Pass

17 May 2018 We've arrived at last at the Summer of 2018, when something clicked and I started churning out some pieces that I could be genuinely...

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Icelandic Mountains

25 October 2014 This was based on a photo I'd seen of some mountains in Iceland.  If you compared the painting to the photo, though, you'd not be...

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Random Sunset On Cheap Paper

24 August 2014 I'm confused by this one.  Did I really come up with this on the same day as the Ugly Bay?  Because I don’t remember doing two on...

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An Ugly Bay

24 August 2014 I don’t think this one has any redeeming features.  The hill at the back covered in trees is just embarrassing.

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