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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weekend’s thread the featuring artist this week is : Sylvan Boxsius 1878- 1941, British painter, illustrator and Lino cutter. Boxsius studied at the Royal College of Art and taught at the London  County Council school of Photography, Engraving and Lithograph. I hope you enjoy my selection of his artwork.
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Andrew Roles

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These are beautiful Paul, and right up my street. They’re so much in them that is familiar, maybe I saw them as a child. Great choice. 

Tessa Gwynne

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These remind me of the old railway travel posters which I really like, as I do these paintings. Thanks Dixie.

Jenny Harris

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These are lovely, their style reminds me of my childhood picture books.  Good choice, Paul.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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They do have a familiarity about the Andy , I though if so of the old books I read as a child and you sometimes see in secondhand bookshops . Tessa they do have the railway post look and feel to them , I imagine they evoke feelings and memories for a lot of people. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Jenny we were writing at the same time , great minds. 

Sylvia Evans

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Simplicity , clarity...super paintings.

Carol Jones

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All very appealing. More so the last one. Very beautiful.
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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I know these are prints, not paintings - but if I could lay my hands on that hot red, that so stands out in these images - used for roofs, chimney stacks etc, I'd be a very happy boy.  It's an orange, but not an orange I've seen in any paint known to me - on the reddest side of orange, and it's gorgeous; maybe you could get it by mixing Light Red, with Yellow Ochre, a good deal of opaque white .... and then again, maybe you couldn't ... it's a unique hue, and lifts some of these lovely pictures - I do remember this artist, or at least, their work - it's images like these that started me painting around 60 years ago, when I was ...... not very good.  I have tried to emulate this colour, but have never quite got there - shouldn't be obsessed by one hue, the pictures would be fantastic anyway; but there it is - it's so characteristic of prints and watercolours of this era, and it's sumptuous!
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Owen Lloyd

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Many thanks Paul. Never came across him before. They are achingly beautiful. The way he simplifies and then uses simple colour fades is inspiring.   The Bargeman is something I could live with. 

Tessa Gwynne

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One aspect I particularly like about his work is the inclusion of people, birds etc, which look very natural and not at all contrived. They don’t look like an unnecessary after thought.  I know we’ve had discussions before about whether or not to include people in landscapes, and in Boxsius’s case, where they appear, they are part of the story. I particularly like the one of Whitby.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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It’s always a pleasure to feature a artist who evokes memories and produces such fine artwork.  Another selection of his work, I’m liking his work more every time I look . 
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