Sandon Church, Stafford - from the westerly aspect.

Love this Alan, very unique and reminds me a little of John Pipers work....super!

Stunning and beautifully worked.

Thank you Fiona, I very much admire John Piper's work although any similarity was unintentional. Alan

A really effective painting Alan and a lovely colour palette too!

Lovely and vibrant Alan. Well done.

This is really interesting. Great combination of media. Inspiring work.

thanks for your comments on my work Alan - I can see exactly why you'd refer me to this - i'm very happy to have the connection! I've also done a lot of sgraffito work in the past and this reminds me of that - very nice - good to meet you!

Alan I&#39;m still having problems with my server so I will post my email here; <br /><br />Alan,<br />it was so kind of you to highlight one of my paintings and give me a fair and honest opinion. I rely on the gallery to help me along my painting pathway, but as you can imagine, you don&#39;t always get helpful feedback ( I mean that in the nicest possible way, of course and I&#39;m possibly guilty of it myself.)<br />so, it is very refreshing to get good, honest crit.<br /><br />Yes, I&#39;m also guilty of &#39;doing myself down&#39;, can&#39;t help it because more often than not, not one of my pictures ( you notice I don&#39;t call them paintings!) turns out how I see it in my head, but I also know I&#39;m not alone in that department.<br /><br />It&#39;s very kind of you to offer assistance and I appreciate that very much, could I ask, if I post a picture on the gallery, give it your best shot!! You won&#39;t offend me at all, I&#39;m not going to improve if I carry on painting in the same way and not rectifying mistakes....especially if they are silly mistakes.<br /><br />Many thanks once again Alan, very kind of you to take the time and trouble.<br /><br />Regards<br />Fiona

Thank you for that, Fiona. Yes it is difficult for people to be totally honest about any of our work, for the obvious reason of offending us, but I take your point that you need objective criticism in order to improve. That&#39;s what life was like for 5 years at art college, the tutor&#39;s ripped you to bits on occasion but also praised you which made it worthwhile. I will be giving you more objective criticism in future, but I have praised some of your work and that was genuine worthy praise. <br /><br />I don&#39;t think that it matters a damn if your paintings (and we will call them paintings from now on, won&#39;t we) don&#39;t turn out as you initially visualised them, I&#39;m sure mine don&#39;t but as long as you enjoyed painting them, to me, that&#39;s everything. I don&#39;t paint anything with a view to pleasing other people either, that&#39;s always secondary which is why I push the boundaries at times knowing that it will invoke comment! - and be noticed...<br /><br />So yes, keep it going, you are doing well and no more negative thought&#39;s. But you do know that if I gave you a scathing report I would be vilified by the other&#39;s, you have a large following and they obviously like you. That won&#39;t deter me though.<br /><br />Just a quick mention that I have a story going in to the e-newsletter this month, a bit of nonsense of course, but look out for it. Also the online editor has asked me to do a step-by-step painting feature with pics for the following month, well pleased.<br /><br />I&#39;ve always liked this quote, have a read of it, and I think it sums up a lot of things:<br /><br />&#39;&#39;The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon that impression and creates his own reality&#39;&#39;<br /><br />Best wishes, Alan<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Alan, I thought my server problem was fixed and I&#39;ve just spent 30mins replying to your comment below, and it still won&#39;t go to your address. I&#39;m sending to other addresses okay now...? Not to worry, it was mainly nonsense but I really like your quote, it gave me a eureka moment! It doesn&#39;t really matter what I paint.....it will always translate a different story to the viewer. Takes the pressure off!

An exciting piece, which I didn&#39;t see when first posted. Excellent piece of work it is, too.

All I can say is WOW... This is a great piece of artwork Alan.

Good luck with the cover comp Alan. There&#39;s a winner here and I&#39;ll be happy to be runner up..LOL

Hi Alan just a quickie, I&#39;m away for a couple of days, funeral, will catch tomorrow hopefully.

Brilliant and very John Piperish!

Stunning the colours are fantastic !!

I really love the vibrant colours. So, so powerful.

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Love this Alan! It’s so vibrant and the composition is stunning.