SOLD - D-Day

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This is wonderful Alix. Love the composition.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 09 Aug 13:18:51

Thanks, Carole. One of those rare ideas that work!

Posted by Alix Baker on Sat 09 Aug 14:57:15

Unique Alix, as are all your works.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 09 Aug 20:30:46

A very effective painting Alix. The idea has worked brilliantly.

Posted by Julie Bosley on Mon 11 Aug 07:11:01

I like the idea and collage verymuch.

Posted by Avril Soldani on Mon 11 Aug 11:16:06

Fiona, Julie and Avril. Your comments are helping me to try to find inspiration today. Not enough time to allocate to painting so hard to get started!

Posted by Alix Baker on Mon 11 Aug 11:48:47

A super painting. Such a clever idea and so beautifully painted.

Posted by Thea Cable on Mon 11 Aug 15:28:10

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13/04/2015

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Two old comrades sit on a park bench on Remembrance Day, wearing their poppies and campaign medals. Behind them stands a young soldier. Is he a lost brother or friend, or is he one of these old soldiers as he was on D-Day? The painting in the background is not a replica of the photo that lies beneath it but shows landing craft approaching the beaches of Normandy and creates a link between the figures, D-Day and the newspaper and suggests the mayhem that lies ahead.

About the Artist

Alix Baker

After art school in London I spent several years in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Busy jobs suspended my art side and eventually I left to devote more time to it. For the greater part of my art career I was one of the UK's leading military artists specialising in military dress through the…

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