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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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The treescape in snow is a lovely pared-back painting with a great sense of dry cold. In some of the others I feel the horizontal linear texture of the support (or is it the reproduction?) is showing through and is slightly distracting to me at least. Obviously a very talented artist with infinitely more patience than I possess.
Martin Cooke on 25/11/2022 21:20:35 Yes, in one case above, the texture of the canvas is showing through, through what looks like very thin paint - I do considerably dislike that happening, though sometimes it does!  I once met the painter Victor Voysey, (RA, I think), who made a thing of very thin paint - it can work, but it does strike an awkward note, I think, doesn't it?  I think it works here, but I wouldn't want to make a feature of it: and maybe it has more to do with the lighting of that painting than the thickness of the paint.  It maybe shows that artists like to experiment -- with very thin paint; very thick paint; paint laid with solvent; paint ploughed on with knives - and then there was Reynolds, with his prolific use of mastic, bitumen, dammar (and frankly. God knows what else!) in his paint ... experiment is important, but best left to practice pieces, not in works intended for presentation to one's customers: a response such as "got the painting, Sir Josh, but it's just fallen off the canvas" would not, you would think, be a great selling point.  

Sylvia Evans

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It's all the skipping you  do Paul....
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I wondered if you would get that in Sylvia , now everyone is wondering what the hell is she on about . 
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Martin Cooke

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I too think the series of threads is brilliant. I do have a long list of additional artists to suggest but since they are mainly non-representational I'm pacing my suggestions...
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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It good to hear that your enjoying the tread Martin if you let me have the names I will spread them out as I do with other multi suggestions. I try to have as many different styles etc as possible and not have similar ones together if possible, with the exception that in a few week I will be featuring two brothers  similar work but different as well.  Sometimes it could to show two similar artists particularly if trying to look at comparison. Please don’t hold back let’s get them on the list or you will have to suffer my selections. 
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Martin Cooke

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In that case can I suggest Bridget Riley, Pierre Soulages (who died last month aged 102) and Joan Mitchell to be going on with. Happy to introduce. Actually, if you happen to time Joan Mitchell for after end Feb 2023 I hope to have visited her retrospective by then. Thanks Paul.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Sorry I must be using Sylvia fingers . 

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I will add them  today looking at the list it will be about February - March before they feature so that hopefully will fit in with the visit. 

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I too think the series of threads is brilliant. I do have a long list of additional artists to suggest but since they are mainly non-representational I'm pacing my suggestions...
Martin Cooke on 26/11/2022 20:01:08
I agree, this has been a great idea and still going strong! Such a variety of artists, many unknown to me at least. Not sure whose idea it was but I’m very glad it’s continuing. 👍🏻👏🏼
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Well I have a list at the moment that takes us into late March . That  will be just over a year that I suggested it to Dawn and she started us off with her suggestion Fred Cummins g and I added Gills selections of Stanly Cursiter  . I have a back up list of approximately 200 artists ,but I much prefer to use the names you good folk suggest . 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Can’t resist adding a couple more.

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They are super...hope the dog doesn't paddle in the puddle.
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