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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weekends bonus artist thread , this weekends featuring artist is oFrank McKelvey 1895 - 1974. Frank McKelver was born in Belfast and was a portrait and landscape painter in oils, Frank studied at Belfast Municipal School of Art 1912-1917. Have a good weekend and enjoy the artwork.

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Tessa Gwynne

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Have we seen him before Dixie? I seem to remember the last one of the children on the riverbank? Lovely work, bears looking at a second time.

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Don’t remember seeing his work before - have picked a couple of his watercolours that I really like.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I had a feeling that I had seen his work before, I looked back but can’t find a thread with his name on . I look at so many before posting them that Im never quite sure. I will do another check . 
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

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A few of these DO look familiar - as does the name: but they're well worth seeing again, and certainly that very lovely portrait (watercolour?  Could be oil and Turpentine) hasn't been shown before, because I'm sure I'd remember it.  
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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As I have made a mistake and featured a artist already seen I will leave his work on until tomorrow afternoon and then introduce Christopher Zhang . Sorry folks this is what happens when you leave thing to the last minute , I even checked against the list and did not notice we had seen McKelvey’s artwork over the Christmas period. What a silly old sod , double check next time . 

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Jenny Harris

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Robert, I did check when I first saw it and it is listed as watercolour.

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Tessa Gwynne

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As I have made a mistake and featured a artist already seen I will leave his work on until tomorrow afternoon and then introduce Christopher Zhang . Sorry folks this is what happens when you leave thing to the last minute , I even checked against the list and did not notice we had seen McKelvey’s artwork over the Christmas period. What a silly old sod , double check next time . 
Paul  (Dixie) Dean on 17/02/2023 22:43:44
Not a mistake just a reminder! Also I rather liked his work and so am quite happy to see again. 

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Thank you Tessa that’s taken the sting out of my embarrassment. As we are re looking at his fine artwork some more to look at . I’m doing a couple of paintings at the moment that include water something I find difficult, he makes it look so good .

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Tessa Gwynne

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I agree Dixie. I like his inclusion of children in the landscape. I believe many of his coastal scenes are Northern Ireland. I don’t think he was an artist who travelled? Someone will know if I’m wrong!
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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You are right Tessa he spent most of his time painting in Northern Ireland . In contrast  his painting have however traveled the world  particularly American where a lot of  American/ Irish family’s have  nostalgic paintings etc of the old country . 
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Nothing wrong with revisiting interesting art Dixie.  Would you go to the National Gallery only once?
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