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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to week 80 of the Inspiration from Artists Thread this weeks featuring artist are : Joe Cartwright and Antonio Segura Donot. I will ope this evening with the introduction to Joe Cartwright and on Wednesday Jenny will introduce Antonio Segura Donot . Joe Cartwright is a Australian artist and has been painting since 1998 , professionally since 2004 . Joe focuses on watercolour painting a wide range of subjects including portraits, seascapes, landscapes , flowers wildlife and cityscapes. He says that he does not feel inclined to specialise in any one category as any subject can a interesting work of art. I hope you enjoy my selection of his outstanding artwork.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thought I would bring this up again. He isn’t the Joe from Bonanza .

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Robert Jones, NAPA

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No, he has a YouTube channel as well.  By the way, when I log in to Microsoft they've been putting up paintings in their intro screen - we've had Pisarro, and this week we've had Frederic Church.  Might be worth a look, as you're collecting artists....  

Jenny Harris

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ANTONIO SEGURA DONAT (born 1983 in Valencia), also known as DULK, is a prominent name on the Spanish Art scene.  A self-proclaimed ‘pop surrealist’ he depicts animals in surreal landscapes with vivid colours and meticulous detail, and admires the work of surrealist artists such as Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali, as well as the fantastical scenes of the early Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. His priority is wildlife and he has been fascinated by animals since childhood when his interest in painting began.  He studied illustration and graphic design at the University of Valencia, but his painting skills are self-taught. His career began as a street artist producing urban art and murals in which he created a strong sense of theatre.  As a child he loved the magical atmosphere of the circus, but recognised the threat to the animals. He admits that he approaches his work through the eyes of a child, but beneath his colourful seemingly innocent scenes there is a conflict at the heart of his work.  ‘I normally paint animals which are either extinct or in danger of extinction, and I use bullseyes to represent this threat.’ He selects wildlife photographs (often using his own) before starting a painting, then sketches on his computer, pulling together his reference images, laying out a collaged mock-up of what the painting may look like before drawing it out properly and starting the painting.  He is supported by Liquitex and uses their Heavy Body Acrylics on either canvas or panel.   His portfolio also encompasses commercial illustration and sculpture, and as well as studio work, he still paints street murals, enjoying the harmony between both worlds and the freedom which street art affords him.  He dislikes being called an ‘artist’, saying his work is an extension of his person.  He draws and paints because it’s his way of life and something he needs to do. These last two are two of his street murals.

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Lewis Cooper

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A fascinating artist.  Whilst I like and admire 'conventional' art...landscapes, portraits etc...the art that interests me most is that which I can only describe as 'offbeat'.  This artist falls under that category.  He's taking known animals, altering them slightly, and placing them in landscapes which, while similarly familiar, have some oddities.  Surreal suits, I suppose, as his work is real and unreal at the same time.  I shall look at his work. I'll be interested in other responses, I'd guess the style may not appeal to everyone.  Maybe I'm wrong in that.  Thanks for the intro, Jenny.
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Lewis Cooper

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Some work I found interesting....

Jenny Harris

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Lewis, I knew his work would appeal to you - we both like offbeat artists like this - his work is  colourful, imaginative and very individual.  As you say, it will be interesting to see whether it appeals to others as well.

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Well ,goodness gracious! He has terrific skills to go with a very vivid imagination, and I think some very original and thoughtful work. Here are a couple I like. I’ve said before I like art which tells a story and this certainly fits that description. Obviously it’s a fantasy world which leaves the story, or at least part of it, to the viewer, and I do like that. 

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Just bringing this back up again. (A fascinating artist, worth a look!)

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Helen Martell

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The more I look at them the more things I see. Goodness knows what goes off in this artists head! His work is amazing.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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I admire the skill, the mastery of his medium, the sheer scale of it - and I don't like any of it.  I don't say this is any dismissive sense, it's just that I could pass this work by without giving it a second glance other than muttering grumpily - and I really don't know why.  I really don't!  I think I'm becoming more reactionary, hidebound, and conservative as I get older - I'll be voting Tory next! Well, no I won't; not in a million years: some things remain constant.   I've never really gone for the offbeat: I don't like Salvador Dalí either .... this, which is neither abstract nor realistic, and incidentally nothing whatsoever like Dalí - though it must have something in common to spur my reaction - is either saying something I don't understand, or is pushing a hghly advanced technique at me that, for me, is saying nothing.   Show me a Hieronymus Bosch, a Paul Klee - a Lewis Cooper - and I'm yours (though I don't think you'd want me): I am genuinely puzzled by my negative reaction to this work, and slightly worried about it!
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Lewis Cooper

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Dixie's artistic inspiration series has produced many things, apart from great art.   Many of us express admiration for a particular artist's skill yet remain unmoved by the art.  This is a good thing.  It tells us we aren't robots.  It's wonderful that an artist's creativity can be expressed in so many ways.  Thankfully we all like different things.  Nothing odd or worrying about that.  What would be odd is somebody liking everything they see.  Viva all the differences that make art what it is.
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