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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to week eleven the weeks seem to have flown past since we started looking at the different artists , it been very enjoyable. This weeks artist are  Peter Prendegast and Michael Morgan.  George would you please do the honour  of introducing your choice Peter Prendegast and Alan M would you please introduce your choice Michael Morgan on Wednesday lunch time . Having had a preview of both artist in looking forward to the feedback from you good folk. Enjoy the artist and have a good week. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I will start the ball rolling with a couple of his paintings .

Alan Bickley

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Certainly expresses himself with thick paint!  I’ve just picked out one until the official intro has been done…

Sylvia Evans

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I went to see a Peter Prendergast exhibition in Oriel Mostyn in Llandudno some years ago. I went with lots of expectation. Somewhere in my head he was a second Kyffin Williams . Sadly I was disappointed I think it was just the contrast. Kyffin paintings are Wales as I know it.colours ,people ,landscapes. Peter Prendergasts are almost poor depictions. He uses a lot of black outline I don't like black anyhow in a painting. So no ,he's not a turn on for me.

Jenny Harris

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Afraid I’m with Sylvia on this, although I do quite like the two linocuts Paul has shown.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Apparently following the sad demise of Sir Kyffin , Prendegast was hailed as his successor. I sad to say that I’m not a fan but I did like Sir Kyffin’s artwork. I have found that  my vision goes a bit blurry when I try to focus on Peter Prendegast’s paintings , I agree Jenny his Lino cuts are very nice . 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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George is having trouble with his laptop at the moment, I’m sure he will add his own choices later and do the intro .

Tessa Gwynne

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I have to agree with Sylvia and Jenny on this one, just not my cup of tea! I browsed his work but couldn’t find one I liked enough to post here. They are certainly bold and colourful, and probably eye catching in real life, but they lack the subtlety of Kyffin Williams and there’s no real comparison to me at least. Maybe I’m missing something?  Look forward to reading what George has to say and show.
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I'm okayish with his work but do prefer his more minimalist works and after a quick trawl on Google images I found this one.

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Alan Bickley

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Doesn’t look like we’re getting an intro, do you want to do one Paul, if not I don’t mind writing a few lines… I rather like this one by him. Can I put forward a fine Scottish painter, Elizabeth Blackadder please Paul.

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Alan Bickley

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Peter Prendergast, (1946 - 2007). One  of Wales’s foremost landscape painters of the twentieth century. Peter Prendergast’s bold expressionist paintings of his Welsh homeland reflect the vigorous style of his tutor, Frank Auerbach. Inspired by the surroundings of his Snowdonia home, he painted the steep valleys and tightly packed housing as it was slowly transformed by slate quarrying during his lifetime. Studied at the Slade School of Art.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you Alan . Hopefully George will  be back as soon his laptop is sorted out , excuse my expression but it’s sods law the one time he really need to use it , it’s the sort of thing that happens to me. 
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