29 Hospital Steps Painting There’s a lot going on in this painting of Hospital Steps. The Victorians certainly didn’t subscribe to the notion “Less is more”. Everything that could be decorated was. The curved steps, the elaborate ironwork railings. Brickwork of contrasting colours. Panels on the doors, multi paned windows. There is too much detail, […]
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The Chantry chapel, the oldest building in Buckingham, and a National trust property. There’s much about the building to note what we’re focused on the small gate at the entrance. Behind is the chapel wall and main doorway. The gate leads to steps and a sign cautions us to be careful in wet weather. What
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Where do I start? Silver Tips is a frosty painting and piece about contrasts. The hard edges of the railings against soft, indistinct foliage behind. The lines formed by the cobwebs are irregular and damaged. Not the typical image of structure and order, we think of when imagining a cobweb. The dominant feature is railings
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I did it! My challenge to create 50 pieces of architectural art inspired by architecture in Buckingham and surrounding villages is complete! I decided to finish symbolically with a signpost. It implies What next?, which direction shall I go? Signposts signal clarity, planning and a desire to be helpful. Missing signs end up getting people
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As I approched the final paintings in the 4950 painting challenge, there were a few last minute shuffles. Paintings I was struggling with and didn’t decide on the specific subject matter until the deadline for completing the painting challenge finished. The final 2 paintings were not like that though. I decided on these two back
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I have a feeling that this steeple painting won’t be hard to find either. There aren’t many steeples on churches near Buckingham. Just to say, it’s a village church, and a beautiful building at that. It’s hard to convey the height in a square picture. I think I should have spent more time on the
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Not hard to guess where the original for this phonebox painting is. Let’s face it, it’s big, it’s red and it tells you exactly where it is! Gawcott is emblazoned on at least 2 sides. How can you miss a phonebox in Gawcott? I’d say you couldn’t. Yet, I’ve recently spoken to somebody who was
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I have to admit to envisioning something far more mundane than this for the Drainpipe. My original plan was this one. Basic, functional, worn. Then I went on a photoshoot and found this offering, a historic feature by someone obviously wanting to impress. It’s drainpipe art, if ever there was such a thing. One often
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Mosaic floors have always had a fascination for me. The fragments of tiny tiles placed together to create an artwork with a permanent feel. My mosaic floor painting is fragile by comparison. Water will easily destroy all aspects of it, but runs right off the original floo. Mosaic is permanent, or as permanaent as anything
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