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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this week Inspiration from Artists this week the featuring artist are :  Clair Wiltshire and Karen Schmidt . Due to technical difficulties I had to ad Clair Wiltshire at the last minute, sorry for deviating from the list . I will open with the introduction to Clair Wiltshire and on Wednesday Jenny will introduce Karen Schmidt . I hope you enjoy our choice of artists and artwork. Clair Wiltshire was born in Wales and studied at studied at Lancashire University as a mature studying 1986 - 89. In 1988 she was a finalist in the Reader Digest young illustrator’s competition and had several exhibitions before receiving her degree. Her oil and mixed media canvases combine fragments of collage in the layers . She scratches through sections to allow colours from underneath emerge . A selection of her work, ad I only discovered her work two days ago I’m unable to give a personal opinion as I need to see more of her work. I hope you enjoy my selections.

Thomas Harrod

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Not for me, thank you.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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Scratching through - s'graffito - is an old technique; combined here with very fluid paint in whorls and splotches.  Some of these work well - it's a hit-and-miss technique - some need to be shown in higher resolution; I'm finding a couple of them a bit hard to "read".  But I do like the bigger reproductions, particularly the last but one - take my glasses off and that's much how I see the world anyway!
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Marjorie Firth

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I rather like these - representational with added texture. The first two and the penultimate especially.
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Tony Auffret

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At first sight, these just look rather messy, but as 'rather messy' goes they have a style that catches your attention, and you end liking them - well most of them.  As Robert says, this can be a 'hit and miss' technique, though I am sure if the smaller images were larger they would be easier to appreciate.

Jenny Harris

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Not too keen on her style, and looking through her gallery (which refers to her as Claire Wiltsher) a lot of it seems very similar.  I do, though, like this seascape with its fresh blue and white and less drips and scratches.

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Denise Cat

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I really like the scratch marks, some of the landscapes, I really think are very eye catching, others, not so much. A great technique though.

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Tessa Gwynne

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I rather like her work and the style of them however it’s achieved. She has a freedom of approach and leaves something to the viewer to work out and imagine. Her work reminds me a little of Kurt Jackson. I think I would like to see them in full size as I’m sure they would be more impressive.

Alan Bickley

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I like this expressive style of painting generally, and I particularly like Jenny’s post of that fabulous seascape! I wish I’d painted that! Interesting work and once again, an artist that I wasn’t familiar with…
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Jim Morris

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Whilst being full of admiration for fine work, I think there;s a definite touch of over-sugaring the pudding here. It's something we're all maybe guilty of - finding something praiseworthy then going to town in a Rolls Royce when the bus is the sensible option. It's fine to be associated with a style/method of work, but surely better to incorporate the usage rather than just open the floodgates. Some of these paintings are quite brilliant in their own right, but the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down can soon sicken rather than cure when overdone. ( forgive the paraphrasing please, it just seemed right at the time) (-:
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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I've removed my second post, as it was far too long, and wordy.   I would like to reiterate though, that I like these paintings and would happily host one!  The colour is subtle but strong, which is how I like it. I'd also like to repeat a warning, but I'll do that under the 'Oil' heading, it's not relevant to this thread. 
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