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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to week 98 of Inspiration from Artists this weeks featuring Artists are : Peter Brown and Julius Eduard Marak . Tessa will start the week with her introduction to the artwork of Peter Brown , on Wednesday I will introduce JE Marak . I hope you enjoy the week and the artwork we select .

Tessa Gwynne

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     PETER BROWN …known as ‘Pete The Street’. Born in Reading in 1967 Pete is described as an all weather painter who paints purely from life, and mainly outdoors, literally in any weather. He says ‘ I paint entirely from life, using the cities and countryside as my subjects. I start with what tickles me, and this is likely to be a certain play of the light, weather, space and everyday life.’ After studying in Newbury, Manchester polytechnic, Bath and London, Pete concentrated solely on charcoal drawings for two years before being persuaded to begin oil painting. In 2006 along with his wife and five children, he moved to his present home , a Victorian semi in Bath, where he still lives. This house, studio and family have featured in his work, especially during Covid lockdowns. Pete paints around the UK capturing city, landscape and coastline with London being a big attraction. Following the death of the Queen he dashed to London in his van and stayed for a week or so observing and painting the crowded scenes. What an opportunity! He has also produced bodies of work at the Glastonbury Festival, and several beautiful books full of his work in London, Bath and India, as well as the DVDs ‘Painting Arles’ and Painting Varanesi’ ( the latter with Ken Howard and Patrick Cullen). I have two of his books on Bath and India (where he produced four paintings a day), also the Varanesi DVD which is a fascinating view, even if you are not a painter! He can also be found on YouTube and has a really good website. I hope you like his work. Here are a few examples to start off. The first two are London, the second being The Queue with Beckham! Havana Above and Swanage below. India.

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Alan Bickley

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Well known to many of us I suspect, a brilliant painter… great intro Tessa.

Alan Bickley

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Well known to many of us I suspect, a brilliant painter… great intro Tessa.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Probably a painter of whom we all know - and one who should be internationally celebrated, but I imagine the critics are doing their best to impede him - as they tried to do with Ken Howard. But to Hell with them, let us just enjoy a fine artist. 
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Martin Cooke

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No, he's new to me.  I suppose it is the artist's style, but most of them appear out of focus, esp. the 2nd and 5th, and that disturbs my eyes, which are trying to find a sharp edge I guess.
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Collette Hughes

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New to me also, I think, but have to say Pete the street rings a bell. Maybe he's in one of my brain cells lost to time (or wine). Anyway delighted to be introduced or reintroduced as the case may be.  Had a look on his facebook page, I like his work very much, thank you Tessa. 

Tessa Gwynne

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Seeing as we have a threat of snow, thought I’d pop these two up. Martin, I take your point about no sharp lines, but that’s his impressionist style which I like. Each to his own I guess! I particularly like his simplification of figures.
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Marjorie Firth

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I’ve certainly heard of Pete the Street - has he had features in the mags I wonder. Tessa, I prefer these last two you’ve shown. He’s undoubtedly very skilled but some of his paintings are a little too busy for me….I love the man and the dog.

Tessa Gwynne

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I’m sure he has written articles in TA Marjorie. 

Jenny Harris

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I think he’s been featured in The Artist several times.  I remember seeing an article he did when he talked about painting during lockdown - he painted the interior of his home when he couldn’t get out to paint - these are two that he did then. His work doesn’t appeal to me although, like Marjorie, I do quite like the two snow scenes you’ve posted Tessa, especially the last one.

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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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Never were truer words spoken than "you can't please everyone"! I do not judge though - there's an artist promoted by the site recently (he said, being very mysterious - he hopes) whose work I have never appreciated one little bit.   Others do, so it has to be that their style simply doesn't hit me where it matters.  So, I think Pete the Street is one of our best contemporary artists, and I'd say that last snow-scene proves it - but san fairy-Ann, as my grandfather used to say when he couldn't think how to end a sentence.... (ca ne fait rien, for our younger readers...).  
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