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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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He is a very skilled artist who can clearly draw extremely well, he has the ability to get a lot of information across in a relatively small scene . He obviously studied the animals he paints and  draws as this shows in the detailing of the horse and tack in the last of your post Jenny but he also gets the details showing in the land girl painting as well . 

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I rather like his work, especially the dogs and the humour of his work. I also like the Dickensian characters.  I don’t support hunting, but can still appreciate very much his skills and those dogs on the sofa are great!
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A man of his time when these things were accepted...at least more than they are now.   I guess it's the difference between country-folk and townies, like me.  I see these as almost history paintings.  A gifted artist...I like his drawings and the painting of the land girl. (The old debate, should we be celebrating art where the subject matter or the artist have issues?   Eric Gill is perhaps the most controversial in this area.  When I first found his work I thought it wonderful, when I looked into the man himself I was appalled.  Yet his work still adorns our public buildings, like BBC House and Westminster Cathedral.)

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Interesting that this issue should have come up now with this artist.  One of his main influences was Randolph Caldecott, who was featured some while back in this thread. He was also a keen huntsman and painted hunting scenes, but the issue was never raised when we looked at his work. He did, though, also illustrate very popular children’s books and probably presents a different image as an artist.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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It’s interesting that issues are being raised about one artist and ignored about another, don’t have an answer to that . For me it’s the artwork I’m looking at not the person who painted it though I realise the two can’t be totally separated, it’s also about accepting that values were very different as was what was accepted at the time . Today’s values, morals and what’s acceptable cannot be place on historic events , painting , literature and behaviour etc . 
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Lewis Cooper

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Yes Jenny.   Norman Thelwell's good-natured pictures touched on the hunting, shooting and fishing brigade, and that prompted no contention.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Just bringing this up again with some more of his excellent work.

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A very good collection Dixie.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Goodness Tessa you must have been hovering over the keyboard your reply was that quick . 

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😉 I was!

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Some excellent drawing skills on show… the group of dogs on the arm chair is so good!

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Another from me ……. and the artist with one of his dogs…

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