6. Recurring Themes/Styles

Il Brutto

So here's part 3 of 3 and that's the collection complete.  Tuco followed the same methodology as the previous two paintings so, what I did (and I'm...

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Il Cattivo

Number two in my The Good, The Bad And The Ugly collection is Angel Eyes, the bad one, played by Lee Van Cleef.  In allocating supergranulating...

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Il Buono

It's been more than a year since I painted a scene from a Western and I'm returning to that subject big time with a set of three paintings based on...

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The Long Reach, Cambridge

So today I headed out to the river to do some painting.  Not being allowed to paint inside colleges and having my building draftmanship confidence...

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Looking In From Christ’s Pieces

For reasons (d) other I'm in Cambridge for a couple of days and brought most of my gear with me to do some painting.  I forgot the kitchen roll and...

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A Moment At Stonehenge

It was supposed to be the start of the big heatwave today but for most if the day it's been exactly the opposite.  For the first time since I had...

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Duane Allman

I've been tearing through the artwork this week and thought I'd take a break, so spent most of the day out in the studio catching up on the novel...

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I Can Read Your Mind

So I had the first chance in a while to do some undisturbed painting in the studio.  Well I say that but in reality I only started at 2pm and had...

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Looking At You

So here it is.  I've finally gotten around to using the second of the shelves I helped myself to when the in laws threw out that old fridge.  The...

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Stirling Castle

I was flicking through the Tony Smibert book this morning looking for inspiration for two forthcoming eye on the other side of the glass paintings....

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Hever Castle

With the whole day available for painting today, I've finally completed a watercolour in the studio.  Without wanting to take much time planning, I...

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Rejection

The news just came through.  After not making it to Portrait Artist Of The Year or into a pod on Landscape Artist Of The Year, I've completed the...

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Jerry Garcia

I had a chance to do some painting today, so thought I'd better take it.  This was painted in the garden, but the original drawing went down at my...

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An England XI

So now I have a complete England XI.  Properly balanced too: two opening batsmen, a wicket keeper and a five man bowling attack that includes two...

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