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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Couldn't agree with Syd more about Shirley Trevena - I watched a video of hers, oh ... years ago. She had very methodically made an exquisite colour chart of all the Winsor and Newton watercolours, but if that gave you the idea that she was any kind of pernickety, finicky artist, the sheer exuberance and freedom of her brushwork soon dispelled it - I always liked the way she left her pencil drawing as part of the paintings, as I believe it should be ..... I prefer to see any construction lines that have been used, not rubbed out as if you were trying to hide the fact that you had to do a drawing first. But her pencil lines were as free and bold as her brushwork and added to her painting. I think I'd also agree with Syd that Shirley T's style is unachievable by anyone else - I know I couldn't emulate it, and wish I could.

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Can I admit to being a Fred Cuming fan as well. Time to come out?

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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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That's three so far for the Fred Cuming Fan Club.

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I'm squarely in the Fred Cuming camp too - one of our very best living painters in my opinion.

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I echo Haidee-Jo's sentiments on this one, without doubt one of our best living artists. Such a natural talent who doesn't just copy nature but is always looking for that sparkle of 'magic' which he invariably achieves, he comes over as such a wonderful man in his video's as well, his popularity is well-founded.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Adele is in a distinct minority here, I see - but she'll be glad to see Fred has his admirers, even if she's not one of them. Pat, Virgil also has a Facebook page, entitled Traditional Oil Painting: I'm going to buy his book, and have had several interesting conversations with him. Another one to look out for on FB is George O'Hanlon and his Painting Best Practice page: I think there's more research going on into oil painting in the USA than there is in this country, partly because they have more independent paint-makers, and partly because they still have access to a range of lead whites, which are so difficult to get in Europe. Lead was the solid core of oil painting throughout all but the most recent history, and the US painters and their organizations were more successful at retaining it for artistic use than we've been: its use enables greater experimentation which in itself spurs more research and product development; and that leads to fewer highly unsatisfactory painting media being developed, or at least to their defects being exposed. (Think "liquid white", and painting mediums containing dammar varnish...)
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Just spent some time looking at FCs work on google images - is there anywhere I can see his finished work? I'm still not convinced - in the meantime it's you and me Adele.
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