Village gate near Dali, Yunnan province, China by Alix Baker

Village gate near Dali, Yunnan province, China
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Beautiful colours and I love the light and shade.

Agreed this is a lovely painting Alix

Thank you so much, Dawn and Ros. It was trickier than I thought with the different angles and crooked bits.

Wonderful work. Such great depiction of the colours and light of the scene. Love it.

Thanks, Thea. The colours are rather interesting in this village and it has some very old buildings which I might paint one day if I can find my notes!

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I loved the mixed surfaces of the buildings, gateway and the old wooden shop when I visited this village in Nov 2011. The little old woman is wearing traditional dress that is worn even when working in the fields.

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Alix Baker

After art school in London and several years in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, I left to devote my time to art. For most of my art career I was one of the UK's leading military artists specialising in military dress with a particular interest in campaigns dress. I worked on official…

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