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Tag Archives: paintings
WHERE TO NOW?
Top: “Whimsical Autumn” Below: “The Magic Stream” The past fortnight has been a rewarding time for me that’s realised 4 new paintings in my ‘whimsical’ theme. I’m enjoying this work immensely. It’s a lot freer than I’ve been used to … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, challenge, coloured pencil, discovery, fun art, innocent art, journey, landscape, light-hearted art, new direction, paintings, semi-abstraction, serious art, simplicity, whimsical
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BIG ART
How big are your paintings? Do you enjoy creating big artworks? Most coloured pencil artists prefer smaller artworks and there’d be a number of reasons. 1. Working with coloured pencils can be physically demanding and very time – consuming. 2. … Continue reading
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Tagged art mediums, big art, Blue Poles, coloured pencil, creating, framing cost, large scale artworks, paintings, patience, shout, small art
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IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?
Left: On Holy Ground 1. Right: On Holy Ground 2. The last few weeks have been hectic to say the least. Completing the final preparations for my current exhibition, completing entries for … Continue reading
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Tagged art exhibition, art prizes, artist's block, depressed, failure, ideas, paintings, taste in art, The Glover, website
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EXHIBITION UPDATE
Well it’s all up and finally open and what a lovely opening it was with a great performance by my youngest daughter Shannon, who read a poem by local artists and great friend, Margaret Baker, followed by a wonderful … Continue reading
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Tagged art exhibition, art opening, art review, coloured pencil, content, display, paintings, rocks, speeches, still-life
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ART EXHIBITION
Next Sunday sees the opening of my one-man show in Launceston, (my home town) Tasmania, Australia. It has been almost 12 months since my wife and I returned from our 12 month trip to the Australian mainland. 23, 000 klms … Continue reading
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Tagged abstraction, art exhibition, art framer, artist, coloured pencil, gallery, one-man show, paintings, presentation, rocks
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ART @ TRINITY
Today I am ‘gallery sitting’, day 2 of a 3-day art exhibition at the Trinity Uniting Church in Launceston that features the work of local artists Margaret Baker, Jeane Pryor, Carlene Bullock, Lynne Hutchins, Jack James and myself. Richard
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Tagged coloured pencil, drawings, figurative, landscape, paintings, Trinity Art Exhibition, watercolours
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TASART 2012
TOP: Natural Stained Glass – Landscape Award BOTTOM: Hobart Footpath, Landscape DNA – Judges’ Commendation SOLD On Monday Val and I called in and collected the unsold work of 2 of my friends from the annual TasArt exhibition at the … Continue reading
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