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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weeks thread , the featuring  artists this week are : Michael Cheval and Jack Rigg.  Lew will open the week with his introduction to Michael Cheval and on Wednesday I will introduce Jack Rigg.

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Lewis Cooper

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Michael Cheval.  Russian Artist, born in 1966. Michael showed a passion for art as a child, in his early days he moved with his family about Russia and Europe, along the way studying Fine Art at Russian Academies.  He had success as his art career blossomed, but his major impact came when he emigrated to America in 1997.  He's very prolific.  He paints primarily in oils.  His work is collected in America and Europe, and his art hangs in major galleries.  He's a surrealist, but prefers to think of himself as an absurdist.  Michael says surrealism mainly stems from dreams and the sub-conscious,  whereas his is straight from his imagination where he employs an inversion of logic. I discovered his art some years back.  This is the first example I found of his work... ...it remains one of my favourites.  Imaginative, well painted, and fun.  Who wouldn't like to take a bike ride up in the clouds? Some more of his work... He paints portraits too, often with a surreal edge... In the above double portrait, he's given his subjects a Vermeer style setting. He's also painted a few music album covers... I admire many forms of art.  My main interests are the great cartoonists, illustration, paintings of people, and art with an off-beat touch.  So I'm going to like this artist. Over to you...
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Wow Lew , the detailing in his work is absolutely amazing, I’ve had a quick look at your selection but need to go back and look at each one slowly.  Thanks for the introduction to this fine and talented artist. 
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Tony Auffret

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Weird, wonderful and certainly prolific.  But I do find his work slightly unnerving, possibly because all the elements are realistic in style, yet the overall image is surreal.   Here is his take on the Flying Dutchman, which is not so challenging.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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You can see his skill in the painting Tony has just posted, the sea is spectacular, almost translucent it would be a fine seascape or marine painting  with out the added bits to the ship . 

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Hadn’t seen his work before - fascinating, love his style.  I also like best the girl cycling along the clouds.  Found this description of it by the artist -

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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

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Clever lad!  Is his medium oil paint?  
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Lewis Cooper

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Yes he uses oils, Robert.  Apparently he writes lengthy descriptions/stories about all his paintings.  I didn’t want to do that for each painting, but was going to mention it later.  It verges on art babble to me, but as it’s the artist himself doing it I suppose that’s his privilege.  I find the girl riding her bike in the clouds a charming picture without the description.
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As well as imagining stories for each of his paintings, he's also inspired by music.  So many of his works contain musical instruments, often very weird ones that he's imagined. Some of his drawings... A portrait... A self-portrait with his daughter.  This time with fancy dress but no surreal background... Some of his influences... The artist...
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Lewis Cooper

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Some more... He also decorates guitars...
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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His drawing are superb , such a talented man , the detailing in both his paintings and drawings is remarkable some of the best I’ve seen.
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I forgot to mention that the third from the bottom is a double portrait of Putin.  You may have noticed.
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