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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weekend’s bonus artist thread , I think I have set my self up for some flack with this weekend’s choice of artist, but we need to look at all comers . Anyway we can look at his work with a critical eye and turn it around on him a bit . Tai- Shan Schierenberg is a British artist born in 1962, who made a name for himself as a painter of portraits and figurative works. He studied at Chelsea School of Art and went on to earn a Masters of Fine Arts from the Slade School of Fine Art  in London.  In addition to painting Schierenberg has explored other media such as  paint making and sculpture and has taught at institutes including the Royal Drawing School in London. I have selected a variety of his artwork.
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Marjorie Firth

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Why would you get flak, Paul? He’s a very good artist and comes over as a nice guy. I like his portraits very much.
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Marjorie Firth

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Some of his paintings do have a slight nod to Freud. He’s painted his wife a fair few times - nothing like having an available sitter ( or sleeper).

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Tessa Gwynne

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Certainly a fine artist Dixie, and interesting to see someone whom many of us will be familiar with from the Sky Arts series of Portrait and Landscape , but who on earth are those people masquerading as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh!? His own self portrait and the last of his wife are particularly good, and I quite like his landscapes, especially the fire in the forest. Good choice.
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Marjorie Firth

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Tessa, I can see the Queen but not so much the Duke of E. Too informal a pose…mind you, the latest of Charles and Camilla are dire!

Tessa Gwynne

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Well yes Marjorie I can obviously see who it’s meant to be, but still think not the best! I will have to lookup Charles and Camilla. 🫣
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I’m not impressed by his artwork, well that’s me off the Christmas card list then. Marjorie my comment about getting flack was due to having  posted similar  work of an artist a while ago and it went down like a lead balloon, thought I might get the same . It is interesting to see behind the tv face so to speak and reverse the process by looking at his work , I find I’m even more critical because of what he does , not really fair but it bound to affect some people’s judgement as we expect a higher standard. 

Jenny Harris

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A very familiar name and face from the Sky Arts programmes. Had seen a little of his work already, but it doesn’t appeal to me.  From the paintings shown above I do like the portrait of him, but this was done by an artist called Danny Byrne.

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No flack coming your way Paul. Just not overly keen, but I quite like the bonfire picture. 
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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His portrait of the late Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh is almost extraordinarily awful - he made her look as if she was about to be shot, and the Duke - well the Duke of where?  Not of Edinburgh, surely?  It looks nothing like him. However - he is very, very far from being the only artist who has made a mess of royal portraits: they all try to do something different, and they all fall straight down the chasm that lies waiting for them.  His other work is another matter entirely - most of it is excellent.  
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Tessa, I can see the Queen but not so much the Duke of E. Too informal a pose…mind you, the latest of Charles and Camilla are dire!
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Painted by different people, I think - can't for the minute recollect the artists' names.  Camilla looks a bit zhooshed up - one or two facial countours tactfully blended, but overall I thought the portrait came off.  The King's, on the other hand - well, it made me feel better about my own problems with catching a likeness; (I thought I'd try tact today - well, it makes a change); it's nearly always the mouth that goes wrong - that most mobile and elastic of features - and go wrong it did.  I wonder how many tries he had at it, before apparently just giving up and hoping no one would notice - never mind the quality, feel the width.  
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