Gentle Fleur.

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beautiful Adele those gorgeous eyes when you go more into t.o.e you will know why I love all animals

Posted by dennis roberts on Sat 04 Jun 21:47:20

That's a lovely tale of friendship Adele. Fleur's gentleness shines through in your painting. Love the eyes.

Posted by Pete Batho on Sat 04 Jun 22:25:08

Yes, those eyes are lovely and fixating.

Posted by Henry Martin on Sun 05 Jun 06:40:02

Beautiful story Adele and you have captured the spirit of Fleur so well, a lovely gentle girl.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Sun 05 Jun 07:52:18

I just love Borzois and this is a great study eyes notwithstanding, And a lovely story - it made me smile!

Posted by Michael Edwards on Sun 05 Jun 08:15:03

Beautiful Adele

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sun 05 Jun 09:43:34

Great painting and a great story Adele.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 05 Jun 11:00:36

Aww bless Lewis. I love her gentle look Adele.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 05 Jun 11:31:43

Thank you for your comments, everybody. Fleur was lovely.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Sun 05 Jun 17:48:10

What a sweetie Adele, lovely story to go with your portrait of her.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 05 Jun 20:05:19

Thank you Fiona.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Sun 05 Jun 20:07:19

Lovely story Adele. Lewis was a proper little hero sticking up for his glamorous but shy friend. Fleur looks charming.

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Mon 06 Jun 18:55:08

Thanks Sarah. She was charming.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Mon 06 Jun 19:54:25

You've managed to encapsulate the personality of Fleur as you've described. A lovely gentle painting.

Posted by andre mulard on Mon 06 Jun 22:08:10

Thank you Andre.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Tue 07 Jun 08:50:40

A great story and a beautiful painting, Adele!

Posted by heather adams on Sun 19 Jun 18:45:12

Thank you Heather.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Sun 19 Jun 19:18:09

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04/06/2016

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Oil on Board. Fleur was a neighbour's Borzoi dog. Very timid, she didn't like any dogs near her except our dog Lewis. She was twice the size of him and she would allow him to stand next to her and they would both gaze into space. Occasionally I caught her sneaking a peak at him out of the corner of her eye. One day they were standing in the field together when two out-of-control large dogs jumped the drystone wall and rushed toward Fleur barking and growling. She was terrified but Lewis turned and ran them off the field and then returned to Fleur where they continued their contemplation of life. His owner has told everyone of the bravery of Lewis and he is hailed as the local hero. Only just noticed her eyes aren't matching!

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Adele Elgood

When I was a young girl my parents had a large mirror which had an etching of a "crinoline lady" on. I would spend hours copying this. In the 1960's when I was at Secondary school, I was told to give up painting and drawing as I was useless and would never be any good. Following these words of…

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