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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Wellcome to week eight , in surprised how fast the weeks seem to go by and hopefully your all still enjoying the thread. Than you for the kind comment and the suggestions do artists , I have been a big learning curve for me and hopefully a few of you have gained as well. This weeks artist are :Sir Kyffin Williams and Hercules Brabazon Brabazon .  Sylvia suggest Sir Kyffin William and I will leave it to her to give the introduction to his superb artworks.  I suggested Hercules Brabazon Brabazon , and will add him to the thread on Wednesday.   I hope you enjoy the paintings of these two fine artists and feel able to comment on their  work , have a good week and keep safe . 

Sylvia Evans

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Sir Kyffin Williams Why I like his stuff. My stamping ground , my Wales .  I spent a lot of time in these areas I walked ,I climbed ,I saw these dogs , I saw these farmers.  The colours , the big brush strokes the movement .   I also met Him a lovely man. 

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Alan Bickley

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Great examples of this artists work! I’ve selected just a couple that I particularly like - he knew how to keep things simple and exploited counterchange combined with strong tonal values… result… impact!

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Duplicated but can’t delete the images!

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Sylvia Evans

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Don't worry Alan we will double enjoy.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Excellent choice Sylvia and Alan , so many great works to choose from , I’ve gone for a  Cross the board selection.  One I could not resist is the  one of the artist with a painting of his birth place. A still life  and a portrait plus a couple of extras .

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Sorry Alan I did not notice until I posted it I picked one of your choice but with artist . 

Jenny Harris

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Wasn’t familiar with his work, he has a lovely style with that thickly textured paint.  Lots to choose from, but I particularly like these.

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Linda Wilson

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I only heard about him recently.  The tonal values are very good and make his paintings very dramatic.

Tessa Gwynne

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Having lived in Wales most of my life I’ve always been familiar with Kyffin Williams and love the feeling, simplicity and character of his work. I went to a centenary exhibition of his work at the National Museum in Cardiff in 2019 which was quite small but lovely to see. Here are a few I have chosen. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Some superb paintings chosen , his work is amazing , simple scenes without a lot of fuss . His style of painting looks simple and easy but when you really look it’s very well put together, I can almost hear him saying “ well it just sort of comes together “. It takes a great craftsman to get this standard of just come together look ever time, even his portraits have that solid look to then but still have a gentleness to them. Bit like the Welsh people he depicted, living in a hard rugged environment, tough people with a soft centre. 
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Now Sir Ks work has always appealed to me ever since I was introduced to it on a visit to Wales many years ago - a bit sombre for some but for me that's part of its appeal. 
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