Meditating on a Pattress Plate painting. Is something I never thought I’d ever say. Yet here I am. Following the 4950 paintings challenge in 2018 I had to paint a few of the more obscure architectural detail. This is one, it’s a particular type of wall tie used when walls become unstable and need securing. […]
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8 Cottage Latch Painting The handle is worn, rusty, with flakes of paint. Pale blue highlights wiggle across the back plate. Rusty round headed screws mask the corners. Look at the original from an angle and you can see the iridescence sheen. More squiggles trace a line of the door jamb. This handle has seen
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16 Handrail painting is part of the 4950 series, you can see the remaining paintings here.
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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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The Artist’s dream. Any artist will tell you there are always things you are itching to paint. This fanlight painting I created is inspired by a building I’d yearned to transform into a work of art for many years. Once a prominant victim of decay, it’s undergone a recent transformation. Keeping many of the features
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As architecture art goes, this has lots of features to note. Arch windows, stonework, leaded windows and the shape of the porch. The entrance to a former church, now repurposed and well used. As you can see, I’ve gone wild with colour. The building is superficially very yellow, being a sandstone construction. On closer inspection,
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