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Marjorie Firth

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Thanks everyone for your good wishes. Agree about the mattress Robert, I’m definitely not a Prussian general.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I forgot to put next weeks selection on for you , the two artist are Jamie Wyeth and Rousseau. Just looking at the list of upcoming artists I have enough for another six week old artist suggested by you good folk and  list of seventy six thst I have looked up and added to the lists , mostly used as bonus artists at present. We won’t be going short of artist to look for a while  but please do give me more names as most of the one I have are pre 1950 /60. 
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Linda Wilson

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Wonderful rocks!  I always find rocks hard to paint.   Hard beds are for Chinese people, they seem to like them.  I would recommend Mammoth mattresses, for people with back problems.  Hubby, who has a trapped nerve swears by them.
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I think her work is absolutely beautiful. (I don’t usually comment on these threads cause I don’t know much ‘about art’…). The colours in the rock faces are just wonderful. I am a little at odds as to why you would want to paint the same subject matter for years and years! She is completely in love with it though (I did go and read her website). So I guess that’s why!
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Helen you don’t need to know a lot about art to make a comment just do as you have  now and say what and why you  like it . I know very little of artists and art techniques but I’m learning a lot from the discussion. I would be good if you felt able to join in more when you like a particular painting or artist, but don’t feel pressured to do do. 

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Christine Rogan

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Sarah Adams’ work is really interesting- I never thought I’d like paintings of caves and rocks. The shapes, depth of colours and composition within them make them striking. I’d love to see them in real life. 

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Paul, you said you’d like names of a few more contemporary artists.  You could add Fred Masters - he produces beautiful, very colourful work, mostly abstract or semi-abstract.  

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Linda Wilson

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I first became aware of this artist’s work, in Jordan.  On the way to Petra, sellers were pushing prints and books of his work under my nose.  I later bought a couple of books of his work. Scottish Artist, David Roberts (1796 - 1864), is especially known for his prolific series of lithograph prints of Egypt and the Middle East.  He produced these and oil paintings from sketches, he made during long tours of the region, making him a prominent “Orientalist”.  Many of the archeological sites that he sketched, have since become commercialised holiday destinations.  In my view he turned plein air sketching into a fine art.  It is also interesting to see these sites, as he saw them, before being fully excavated as we see them today. E.g. the Temples of Karnak half buried in sand. He had an interesting career, starting with a 7 year apprenticeship as a painter/ decorator, his first paid job being, a foreman for the redecoration of Scone Palace, followed by painting scenery for a touring circus.  He continued with a mixture of scene painting in theatres and house decoration, leading him to the Old Vic, Theatre Royal and Covent Garden in London. Meanwhile he was building his reputation as a fine artist, exhibiting at the British Institution and painting scenes from France, the low countries and Spain.  The Society of British artists elected him as their President in 1829. J M W Turner persuaded him to abandon scene painting and become a full time artist.  He then set sail for Egypt, Nubia, the Sinai, Holy Land, Jordan and Lebanon, a 2 year sketching trip!  From 1842 to 1849 he worked with lithographer Lois Hague to produce the lavish plates, which quickly became popular, especially with Queen Victoria, who later commissioned him to paint the opening of the Great Exhibition 1851. His last works were a series of London landmarks.  He died of a stroke, while painting St Paul’s Cathedral.
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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

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Some of his paintings, eg the Destruction of Jerusalem under Titus, were 7ft by 12ft - I know that many Victorians painted BIIIG, but you wouldn't paint to that size without a very secure commission, would you.... being stuck with it in your 'didn't sell' pile would be just a bit frustrating.  
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