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Derek Snowdon

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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Art?? Rubbish. Theinfo, not news that Michael Flatley is painting with his feet andselling at enormous fees is typical of the pure cash/celebrity trend,plus the recent article about an artist named Peter Goodfellow, nonot me either, has ridiculed Emin, Hirst etc and their agents/buyersfor their hijacking of rubbish. Will take a look at the goodfellow.

Pat Harrison

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Derek, As regards Peter Goodfellow I have found this about an artist of that name http://www.scottishartpaintings.co.uk/artist-peter-goodfellow.asp As far as I can tell he can paint. As to all the other celeb painters it often does not matter how good they are but who they are.

Phil Kendall

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Oh dear they do seem to be some dreadfully repetatve abstract works of art...in dastardly dull colours. It makes a change from boring house-tree-sky-fence-stones-walls-grass oh and three flying V's landscapes. He should do well...no sour grapes here...

Derek Snowdon

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Thanks Pat I too found that page and like his work, maybe a little more than Erebus does, but it's all subjective. I have progressed from house-tree-sky-fence-stones-walls-grass oh and three flying V's landscapes although I did start with those subjects in watercolour many years ago and found it a useful start. So much for formaldehyde! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1522516/Hirsts-pickled-shark-is-rotting-and-needs-to-be-replaced.-Should-it-still-be-worth-6.5m.html
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Michael Edwards

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Interesting about Hirsts replacing the pickled shark being as it's beginning to rot and clearly past past its sell by - so is a can of tuna in my larder - do you think I should contact John Wests?

Sylvia Evans

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I like dancing and am happy to take my shoes and socks off and dip in some gooey paint... We could have a group shuffle, a sword dance an Argentinian tango . We could earn a fortune .
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Bela Lugosi is said to have drunk formaldehyde, when booze ceased to have any effect on him - amazingly, he lived to 74. Never said you were ancient, Sylvia. Just of riper years. Take care now; wrap up warmly; have a nice Horlicks - nothing strenuous now...... With a tee, and indeed a hee......
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Michael Edwards

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So excited about my can of tuna - the prospects are immense and Sylvia, you're never ancient - my guess is you're only the same age as me give or take a bit and still got years of potential - here's an idea for starters: based on my tuna initiative why not think along the lines of bottled vine shoots (I tried them a week or so back in Greece and would have brought some back if I'd been a bit more savy - but that's age isn't it !!)

andre mulard

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Good fellow has been voicing these opinions for a few years now, as for Flatley, again this not innovative and Warhols crowd were doing art using various body bits as implements, I would'nt comment on Flatleys work as I've not seen it, but it would'nt surprise me if it is on par with the dross the likes of traceym produces. Perhaps you could organise a comp. for art produced using the most interesting body-bits.

Sylvia Evans

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Just been completing our sketch book collaboration and my theme was Body Parts. I did wonder what would turn up. But all very innocent, Cows noses , Elephants bottoms Snake skins...feathers, all so pure . Have just finished compiling a book for printing, for all us Themed Sketchers its looking good , A bit like working with boxes of frogs or a cartload of monkeys but it seems to have worked ( a plethora of arty women } Thank you Amanda for the original idea .

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