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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weekends bonus artist this weekend I would like to present David Barnes  1942 - 2021. Born in Africa and spent most of his early childhood there. He trained as a chartered accountant and when in his forties took Open University Degree, he worked as a tutor for the OU for several years leading seminars in the UK and overseas.  He enjoyed art at school and had been a art collector for many years in 2006 he started to paint seriously. Davis was greatly influenced by Kyffin Williams and Van Gogh amounts others . He like to paint using  knives, I hope you enjoy his artwork if tried to pick out a variety of his paintings.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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I do like his work - or most of those examples you've posted - but he was no Kyffin Williams; that first painting I think shows us in what way he wasn't any kind of competition to KW: still - we can't all be geniuses....

Sylvia Evans

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I do like these...BUT. Didn't we look at his work @ few week# ago....?
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Not that I can recall Sylvia , I did send you a link yo his artwork. 

Sylvia Evans

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Sorry Paul....you did and I was enthralled with them.  This ancientness is a right bugger  on occasions.  Yes Robert there i# a strong influence here with Kyffin Williams and yes they don't quite get there . But I still like them ,it's also my old stamping ground about a million years ago.  though I can take or leave the red flowers.  Thanks for the intro Paul....twice. 

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Jenny Harris

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I like this artist’s work, his style is quite similar to that of Wilf Roberts whose work we looked at recently.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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His work is very similar  Jenny.  I did think about featuring his work as we have had similar lately but then thought why not show it as it’s worth seeing . 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Some more of his work , I do like the very thick paint look it looks as if there is a underlying of plaster in some places . I don’t paint in oils and assume this is a hive with the knives , questions fit you oil painters is this done in thick or thin layers .  I’m assuming if it was to thick it would be a very long drying process.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Paul - we all vary in our approach, but I would think he roughs the subject in first, maybe with a brush, and then goes straight in with the knife, applying thick paint in one layer.  You can add further refinements, or even layers, but this sort of painting requires a very determined and sure touch, with a minimum of fine tuning. I have painted with knives, but - it does get expensive: thick paint is very satisfying to apply, but while you shouldn't be counting the cost when you appy it, you inevitably do..... or I did.  
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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PS -- long drying time: yes, especially if you use Titanium White or the Cadmiums - it's not a lifetime's wait .... the surface layer can dry inside a week, depending on the pigments used (and the temperature, humidity etc) but underneath that layer is the issue: a painting like this, if varnished (and not all would) needs a minimum of a year for varnish to be safely applied.  
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you for answering my questions Robert it’s nice to know even if I don’t use oils .