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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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Just a quick 'un - I'm almost tempted to try those of his techniques that I can see, to produce a painting that could begin to be compared with his: I hope to goodness I have more sense, though.... I remember once trying to write like a novelist I admired (J B Priestly): the results were ludicrous pastiche (I was very young....) - at the very best I could hope to do, that sort of result would undoubtedly ensue in this case: and as I'd be too embarrassed to show it, there's not really much point!
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Lucian Hodoboc

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the results were ludicrous pastiche (I was very young....)
Robert Jones, NAPA on 11/10/2022 13:38:04
According to whom? Who gave them that label and for what reason?

Norrette Moore

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Ah the sine wave of self-criticism.  When I just finish a painting I usually think it's dreadful. 3/4 weeks later I come across it in a pile and think ...'that's quite good!'... for me.   18 months later 'oh dear, why didn't I do this or that,', and so it goes.

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That's exactly how it is for most of us Norrette  .join the club.

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Been digging gardens so extra fat fingers...sorry.

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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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Lucian, I would have been around 15 - and I applied the criticism to myself.  I've more or less stopped trying to write fiction now - I don't have the requisite level of imagination; my writing as a journalist improved greatly when I stopped trying to model myself on others; a caution offered by Priestley himself, in fact (though not directly to me), when he advised that writers should observe, and be true to themselves.  I forget his exact words, I shall have to read him again.  

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Robert, if people have achieved that makes you capable, only your own self belief will put the blockers on it. If someone is capable of achieving, that's a path for all of us.

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Richard Thorn is a British contemporary watercolour artist who began his painting career in the early 1980’s after a long spell in London as a jazz musician.  He paints colourful, dynamic landscapes focusing on light, texture and distance and is constantly searching for new techniques to achieve these goals.  “As an artist my goal is not to render a scene or subject solely for its inherent qualities, but to imbue the emotional expressions illicited by nature.” He trained at Newton Abbot school of art and still lives in that area, and when not working in his studio can be found playing jazz guitar at local music venues.

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Oh oh YES ....
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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First, the critical note = it's "elicited", not "illicited" - unless he's trying to make his work illegal.  And the sentence does sound like something a gallery persuaded him to write as an artist's statement, in that its meaning is a touch opaque even without the mis-spelling.   Now to the positive - what a fantastic watercolourist!  I haven't time to savour it all at the moment, but will drink it in later.  
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Seconds later - I see copious amounts of masking fluid, and the influence of Joe Francis Dowden: handled in masterly fashion in both instances. 

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Robert, the wording is as it appears on his website - I thought it best to leave as quoted. Did actually wonder whether to include the quote at all - as you say, it does sound like the kind of rather affected statement a gallery might expect! There’s a very interesting article on his work and painting methods, including extracts from an interview with him, online.  If you search ‘seamless expression Richard Thorn’ you’ll find it.  

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