Borrowed Gloves

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Beautifully caught and one to keep for posterity Andrea. Nice work.

Posted by Jim Morris on Wed 24 May 08:54:38

Gorgeous picture, Andrea.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Wed 24 May 09:18:39

Thank you for your lovely comments Jim :-) It took quite a while to finally get this one onto the easel, but I am so relieved that I finally did! :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 24 May 09:31:35

Great painting Andrea, indeed worthy of the top line.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Wed 24 May 09:34:10

Thank you for posting your compliment Linda. Couldn't resist this little character as a painting. Freezing cold day and still wanted to stay and play in the sand! :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 24 May 09:35:20

A great painting Andrea

Posted by Russell Edwards on Wed 24 May 09:44:16

Thank you Cesare, very kind of you to post this :-) Happy painting to you!

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 24 May 09:48:06

Thanks Russell, I've been meaning to tackle this one for the longest time, so very relieved I finally did it! Great of you to comment! :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 24 May 09:49:45

Absolutely delightful Andrea!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Wed 24 May 12:20:14

Thank you Satu! Great compliment - and much appreciated! :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 24 May 12:29:07

Delightful work Andrea.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 24 May 14:49:03

Captured a great pose Andrea!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 24 May 15:21:15

You must be well pleased with this painting Andrea, it's a little masterpiece, I love it.

Posted by Fred Elwell on Wed 24 May 19:26:51

Thank you Margaret, really kind of you to post this lovely response :-) ....maybe I should look for some more family snapshots??

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 24 May 20:31:58

Thank you Carole :-) so glad I had my faithful old camera with me ..... back in the day! :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 24 May 20:33:29

Thank you Fred, that's such a lovely comment! Yes, I was very pleased to capture his face and likeness quite quickly... it was actually the coat that was most challenging, working out the folds and getting all the layers of colours so that they looked right. Very happy I finally got around to painting it! Only 16 years on the 'to paint' list!! :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 24 May 20:38:30

This is really lovely!

Posted by Fiona Rossington on Sat 03 Jun 22:33:01

Thank you Fiona :-) ....finally packing the paints away with rather mixed feelings over today's new painting - so your comment is very much appreciated! Glad you like it, really lovely of you to tell me! :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Sat 03 Jun 23:00:30

Beautiful and charming Andrea.

Posted by Jennifer Alsop on Tue 06 Jun 20:30:12

Thank you Jennifer :-) I've really enjoyed looking at your work in the gallery! :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Wed 07 Jun 11:45:26

Hang on Studio Wall

24/05/2017

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Finished! I've relayered the sky, filled in quite a few gaps and added more sand. Then I signed it so that I can't fiddle with it any more!! I've called it 'Borrowed Gloves' because we ended up at the beach, mid-winter - with a pair of 'emergency' gloves several sizes too big!! (Now I know why mittens for kids used to be so popular - it's SO hard to persuade little digits into the correct knitted finger! ....and even then, some would prove to be mysteriously empty!) Thank you for looking.

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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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