{"id":510,"date":"2016-02-15T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T11:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?p=510"},"modified":"2016-06-07T16:33:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:33:01","slug":"old-paint-never-dies-moon-over-the-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/canvas\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"Old Paint Never Dies – Moon Over The Downs 1993"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Moon Over The Downs’ oil on canvas 5′ x 5′ un-stretched canvas. 1993<\/p>\n

In January 1993 things were pretty much as usual. I was still officially unemployed.<\/p>\n

I received a \u2018commission\u2019 from my friend Pete Astor who was at that time living in Walthamstow with Sukie Smith. This was \u00a3150 for materials to paint a large canvas for their living room. It was a great boost after a bad year and I soon spent the money on oil paints and painted out my dad\u2019s unused garage as a studio which was quite good.<\/p>\n

The paintings below came from that brief period before I moved to London to be with Ana Fortun who I met on 3rd March 1993 at a friend\u2019s birthday party. I gave the large barn canvas above to Ana when we parted 7 years later but do not have an image of Pete\u2019s canvas sadly and I am not sure if it survived.<\/p>\n

The rest of the paintings were \u2018saved\u2019 by Laura Stenhouse, an artist friend,\u00a0who a year later picked them up to stop them getting damaged in the garage when I moved to Edinburgh. I know the Kew Gardens canvas went to Laura who sadly\u00a0passed away a few years back. \u00a0Her husband Bob Lindsay-Smith still has this painting I believe.<\/p>\n

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Kew Gardens 0il on canvas 24\u201d x 36\u201d<\/p>\n

And this from same batch but painted over.. all dated January- March 1993<\/p>\n

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Red Barn oil on canvas 24″ x 24″ 1993<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Moon Over The Downs’ oil on canvas 5′ x 5′ un-stretched canvas. 1993 In January 1993 things were pretty much as usual. I was still officially unemployed. I received a \u2018commission\u2019 from my friend Pete Astor who was at that time living in Walthamstow with Sukie Smith. 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