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Sparkly sea very well captured

Posted by Heather Love on Wed 16 Sep 08:26:41

Love the way you paint the water Andrea.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Wed 16 Sep 09:14:34

Sunny, sparkling water caught perfectly Andrea. I an see and hear the movement in this.

Posted by Alan Irvine on Wed 16 Sep 10:11:43

Beautiful painting.

Posted by Emma Price on Wed 16 Sep 17:30:40

Thank you so much Heather :- )

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 16 Sep 19:00:46

Thank you Carole - it took a few layers! :- )

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 16 Sep 19:01:21

Thank you so much for your really great comment Alan :- )

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 16 Sep 19:02:31

Thank you Emma P ;- )

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 16 Sep 19:03:15

Lovely

Posted by TaiMeng Lim on Thu 17 Sep 05:54:00

Thank you TaiMeng :- ) so lovely to hear from you!

Posted by Andrea Hook on Thu 17 Sep 10:21:34

Stunning work, Andrea! Full of life and movement. Beautifully done.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Fri 18 Sep 12:52:48

A very big thank you Seok, so kind of you. It’s funny how the birds (which I regarded as the ‘stars’ of the scene) turned out to be less of a challenge than the sea! :- )

Posted by Andrea Hook on Fri 18 Sep 18:04:41

Hang on Studio Wall

16/09/2020

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Oil on 20 x 20 cms super-smooth Gessobord. From a photograph sent to me by Stephen Done (quite some time ago). I finally had the opportunity to rise to the challenge of capturing that sparkly sea and those characterful birds. :- )

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Andrea Hook

I’ve painted and sketched since early childhood and my favourite place was the garden, amongst the old fruit trees and raspberry canes. As a student, I studied for a degree in Visual Arts & Geography at Lancaster University and I worked for fifteen years as an illustrator and graphic designer in…

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