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I’m sure your father will take great delight in this painting full of feeling. Your palette arouses a great sense of the sea and has a great poignancy about it Richard.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sat 18 Jan 10:47:06

I love the soft colours and tranquillity of this piece Richard and I'm sure your father will appreciate it.

Posted by Mark Annison on Sat 18 Jan 10:56:07

I bet he loves this - so do I!

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 18 Jan 13:03:01

Thank you, Merci bien. We were rather estranged, but all good now. He said the sea is in our blood, so right (even if growing up in Southport, it was more beach) In creating this I didn’t like using a pallet knife, old credit card worked well for texture...

Posted by Richard Bruce on Sat 18 Jan 14:26:32

Hang on Studio Wall

18/01/2020

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This was painted after we returned to Brittany after Christmas visiting family in the UK. It’s for my father, 93. He was a merchant marine, sailing out of Liverpool. He’s old, lives in a home and can no longer see the sea.

About the Artist

Richard Bruce

I was a design teacher who finally realised it was time to take a bit of my own medicine, after years of encouraging students, I swallowed the pill with a rather nice Saumur-Champigny. We’ve moved to France to paint, make, draw, eat and sample fine red wine- la reve quoi ! My first job was as a…

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