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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weeks Inspiration From Artists the format is a  bit different this week  as I will be posting several different artists throughout the week all are Maritime Artists. Please do add any marine painting to the thread and let use know who the artist is. I’m being a bit selfish with the weeks choice of subject as it my a  favourite subject to paint and view, posting it a bit earlier as I’m going to the pantomime with my young granddaughter does have some perks being a grandad.  I hope you enjoy my choice of artist and their work . Neville Sotherby Pitcher 1889 - 1957 was a marine artist born in London ,who alert and early career in the Merchant Navy trained at Brangwin’s School of Art . From the early 1900s he handled illustrated work and watercolour later specialising mostly in oils. Pitcher was a founder member of the RSMA , he served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in both world wars .

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Alan Bickley

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Some splendid work on show here Paul, I like the top one in particular, but all are excellent in different ways. I’m posting a maritime watercolour by Rowland Hilder, also RSMA. So many to choose from but I’ve selected a fairly complex composition, expertly constructed and just look at where he positions his strongest tonal values to draw the eye into the composition!

Jenny Harris

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I especially like the sixth one down, which is a woodcut, like the printed look to it.

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Alan Morris

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I would like to add Jenny Aitken RSMA.  Not just a marine artist but In my opinion a master at handling light. These 3 from the resent RSMA exhibition.

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Marjorie Firth

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I agree Alan, a very talented artist, wonderful portrayal of light in her paintings. 
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Lewis Cooper

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What a wonderful array of art and artists.  Great stuff.
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Marjorie Firth

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Robert Brindley, who posts on POL , not only marine subjects but many others.

Alan Morris

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An excellent choice Marjorie . I follow his work on instagram. He is also a member of the RSMA.

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Alan Bickley

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Another fabulous artist that most of us will be familiar with is David Curtis ROI RSMA, he paints in both watercolour and oils.

Alan Morris

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I just couldn’t resist adding a couple more from David Curtis, such a talented artist.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Some superb artists and artwork featured thank you all for the superb response to this thread going better than I thought it would to be honest. Another excellent artist  Ian Lowe I love the action he catches in his 

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Robert Jones, NAPA

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What a cornucopia of maritime delights you lot have presented this week!  All brilliant works, in different ways, united by life and movement; though my favourite so far is the Brindley, Study at low tide, at Staithes, which is still apart from the sky and remarkable for capturing the architecture of boats, that brilliant bit of painting in the fencing, the foreground grasses - here's a painter who knows exactly what he's doing and has really looked at the play of light on objects. All of these paintings - no exceptions - are brilliant - show me an art critic who alleges that figurative painting is dead, and I'll show you a fool. PS -- I suspect I've been misled by the caption in identifying the painting I mean; t'isn't the painting of the harbour, great though that is, but the one just above it.  

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