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Tag Archives: field
Items of Interest
I often find myself adding things to my collection not for any monetary reasons but for glimpses into the past. Today, we look at two watercolours for such a reason. We will begin with a landscape which displays a copse … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged Cambridge, children, church, copse, field, hills, spire, street
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Henry Alken artist
Today a visit with an English artist who was known for his sporting and coaching scenes. #HenryThomasAlken (1785-1851) was a painter and engraver. In fact, we could talk about a number of the Alken family who were artists. His father … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Watercolour paintings
Tagged drawing, fence, field, graphite, Henry Alken, horse, hounds, hunting, saddle, steeple
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William Brassey Hole artist
This week I purchased a four volume set of books entitled ‘The Poetry of Robert Burns’. There is nothing overly special about the set and I have several other books regarding Burns’ poetry. The thing that these volumes had which … Continue reading
Posted in Etching
Tagged death, etching, farmer, fence, field, Holy Willie, path, pitch fork, Robert Burns, sickle, snow, street lamp
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Creation or Copy
I have been contemplating a question. Which is greater, an artist who creates his own image or one who copies from another? To do this I have been looking at two oil paintings in my collection. So as not to … Continue reading
Posted in Oil Paintings
Tagged Amiens Cathedral, Andrew Wyeth, Christina's World, field, prairie, study
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Peter Gilman and Julia Cassels
For me #PeterGilman (1928-1984) is a local artist. He was born in Surrey and lived in Bedfordshire. Peter specialised in marine and landscapes in oil, acrylic, and watercolour. He loved to paint in situ outdoors enjoying the companionship between painting and nature … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings and Sketches, Oil Paintings
Tagged autumn, elephants, farmland, field, Hertfordshire, sky
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Art Aged
I often buy pieces which are not perfect. They have been damaged in some way. They may have age spots or imperfections in the paper or water stains. To others they are lessened but I try to look past the … Continue reading
Posted in Aquatint, Etching
Tagged field, fox, horses, hounds, hunting, Montmartre, moulin, Moulin de la Galette, Paris, Rue Lepic, windmill
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Art Favourites
I purchased a few etchings this week, one of which is one of my wife’s favourite images. So we will begin with it. One of the best from #JFMillet. #TheGleaners (Les Glaneuses) was painted in 1857 and depicts several women … Continue reading
Art of Madonna and Child
Throughout history, the Madonna and Child has been a recurring if not favourite image for artists to portray. In my small collection I have several images of the ‘Madonna and Child’. From the unknown artist to the world renowned, many … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics/Pottery, Etching
Tagged angel, ass, baby, field, Jesus Christ, Joseph, Madonna and Child, Mary, ox, shepherd, shepherds, shepherds crook, staff, swaddling clothes
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Art of a Green Land
Again this summer, my wife and I took a holiday in Northern Ireland. The weather was wonderful and the countryside verdant and green. The sites we visited were not all different from last year since we drove friends to places … Continue reading
Posted in Oil Paintings
Tagged Connemara, deer, field, forest, green, Ireland, Kinver, lane, pine trees, road, Rosmuc
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