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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weeks thread the featuring artist this week are  Denis Sarazhin and Lisa Wang , Jenny will open with her introduction to  Denis Sarazhung and on Wednesday I will introduce Lisa Wang on behalf of Jim  Morris. I hope you enjoy the artwork of the chosen artists , do please join in the discussions and select some of their artwork that you particularly like.

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Jenny Harris

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DENIS SARAZHIN was born in Ukraine in 1982.  He attended the Kharkov Academy of Art and Design where he graduated specialising in painting, and was awarded the 1st Degree Diploma Award for Excellence in Painting from the Ukrainian Art Academy. He currently lives and works in the USA.  The human figure has been the focal point of his work for a number of years, but his treatment of the subject is constantly evolving.  A common element of his work is to focus on the body, rather than the face.  “This idea comes from the impression of contemporary dance and pantomime theatre where body language is the main method to express emotion and feelings.” His work is very textured and expressive - he works in a realistic style “with some interpretation and stylisation” where, instead of offering a complete narrative, he allows the figures to be the guides.  He works in oil on canvas , often in a large format (62” x 64”).

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Russell Edwards

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Well I hadn't heard of him but I'm so glad you have Jenny. What an amazing artist, I shall look him up immediately!

Tessa Gwynne

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Wow, amazing work Jenny! It would be interesting to understand the background story to his work, so I will look him up later.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you Jenny for introducing this very talented artist , whilst his subject matter isn’t to my taste there is no denying the skill he uses to achieve such detailed work. I won’t claim to be a fan of his paintings but I admire then I am however a fan of his skills and can look at the details in his painting for ages and enjoy his work, might sound odd to like his but not what he paints . I will look at more and will select some I particularly like the look of . 

Alan Bickley

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Skill in abundance, but not my taste on his subject matter. Saying that, I do like the last composition with the old houses, now that is right up my street… pun intended!
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Tony Auffret

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I too find the majority of his subject matter a little odd, but like Alan I do like the landscape that Jenny has posted.  Having looked him up I found some more - the first I like the least, the last I like the most.  
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I definitely with the landscapes too all are good but some are really good.  I’ve had a look at his work more closely and certainly like his landscape the texture and composition are great. I like this  one of hands apology if I’ve duplicated any . 

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Jenny Harris

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A few of his more traditional still life paintings in his distinctive style  ……

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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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More than a touch of genius - the paintings of the houses are brilliantly done for their composition, texture, reflection of light: and he paints water that actually looks wet: many of us could probably affirm that this isn't easy - I certainly can. 

Alan Bickley

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His buildings are superb! It helps when you have interesting views like some of these to work from!  I also like some of the other submissions, the sunflowers and that old chair to name two!

Norrette Moore

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Quite like the garlic scene, but I'm not keen on the figurative work, despite it being well drawn - but that look of gnarled hands seems to be de rigeur of late.  It's strange that his backgrounds are over simplified, so there's little recession in his landscapes.  He's young yet.  ;-)
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