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Blank Canvases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today I ventured into my studio again after several years not painting…this blog not being update since May 2019 says it all.

I did have a couple of forays but ended in nothing substantial but this time I committed to going further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only two painted canvases I have left are both memories of a trip to Youlgreave from 2010 or before not sure exactly. Was a trip my then wife and I made to The Old Bull in Youlgreave. I held on to them as they have pleasant associations which became harder to find as my wife’s illness escalated. She passed away in 2020 and is the main reason I have not done much of anything let alone paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here the two old landscapes and a painting of a road near my home town of Didcot in South Oxfordshire from I guessing 1988. A bit damaged as only have a polaroid. The painting was gifted to a friend for their wedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Youlgreave 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Youlgreave 2: The Hut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hagbourne Fields 1986<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This kind of shows where my head is at in regards to new paintings. Been looking at John Nash after finding an excellent book in Waterstones sale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also Marsden Hartley who always reminds me of the Canadian Group of Seven..another key influence back in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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