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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Welcome to this weekends Bonus artist thread , the artist I’m introducing this weekend is new to me , I quite literally discovered his work earlier today.  Once I had seen the quality I knew I had to share him as so many of you enjoy figure painting.  Paul Headley, 1947 is a British artist who spent his childhood in Chatham Kent. He studied at the Medway College of Art from 1966-68 and later at Maidstone College of Art where he was awarded the Diploma in Art and Design, Paul has been painting every since he can remember. An education based on traditional art techniques of drawing and painting, plus the influence of French artists Dana’s and Vuillard have influenced the development of his art work. Paul paints with compulsion , subtle influenced by his his environment and daily experiences. He prefers to create his art work in nature light, using sketches and photographs. The process begins with numerous preliminary sketches which eventually lead to application of tone and colour, his drawings are produced in a classical manner on toned ground in chalks often combined with watercolour. Bio vis Red Rag Gallery. I hope you enjoy my selection of his work, I found it very difficult to limit my selection as I could quite honestly have picked far more . Please look at the work available on the internet and choose some to post . Enjoy I did and still am.

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They are just divine.  I love them

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Marjorie Firth

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The last three of your selection Paul particularly appeal to me. Beautiful.

Jenny Harris

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I also Iike best the last three of your selection, Paul.  I see that his wife, Dianne Flynn, was also a very accomplished artist - these are a few of hers 

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Well spotted Jenny they are excellent paintings , what a talented pair  thanks for posting them .
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A wonderfully talented artist, well, duo of artists with his wife.  The paintings are so vibrant with colour, which I like.  Another good find.

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What a find Paul. Love his paintings but particularly the last three you’ve shown. Very talented. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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A few more of his paintings, I will do a feature on Dianne  Flynn as bonus artist . 

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What a duo. Fantastic paintings
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

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He's very skillfull (before anyone jumps on me, there are two ways of spelling that word, and that's the one I like!); good sense of proportion, in one or two cases I'm not overly struck by the colour (though am seeing the work on a screen, which can make a lot of difference).  My only problem is the subject matter - I'm very unkeen on fine art representation of women, or men, posing in their underwear; and I am unsentimental about children - dogs, even cats, fine.  Children ... well, perhaps because I don't have any, I'm not very alive to their charms.  So the work by this artist - these artists, I should say - shown so far is not much to my liking. Aesthetically, the work of both husband and wife is hard to beat - but it's not by aesthetics that many of us finally judge a picture: they can draw, and do it brilliantly; they can paint, and do it well for the most part.  And that's enough for most of us .... just not for me, but then I'm very awkward. I'm sure you've all noticed that......
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He’s certainly concentrating on the ladies.  I did an image search on his work, the vast majority featured the fair sex.  And why not?  I think they are charming.
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