Retirement in the sun

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A superb painting with excellent detail.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Tue 28 May 10:31:23

Excellent painting Alix .

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Tue 28 May 11:14:40

Dixie and Stephen, thank you. A complete invention for the background!

Posted by Alix Baker on Tue 28 May 14:42:05

Very nice. Love the shadows.

Posted by Sarah Stanley on Tue 28 May 16:22:16

Thanks, Sarah. I nearly lightened the shadows but it would have detracted from the late in the day light in the sky.

Posted by Alix Baker on Tue 28 May 17:04:05

This is indeed a vibrant painting Alix and so good that I want to go there right now! Well done.

Posted by Vicky Rosenthal on Tue 28 May 23:38:30

A brilliant and very detailed painting Alix. I wish I was on that beach!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Wed 29 May 16:44:11

Spencer, thank you. Sadly the beach is my invention but I'm glad it created a feeling of longing to be there.

Posted by Alix Baker on Wed 29 May 17:43:54

Vicki, thank you so much for your comment. Glad it hit the spot.

Posted by Alix Baker on Sat 08 Jun 10:10:33

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28/05/2024

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'Retirement in the sun'. I rather enjoyed creating this scene. The boat is mainly a real one I saw in Portugal a couple of weeks ago but it needed to be given a much better scene in which to rest happily! Three days of sun in Lisbon this month, a place so wonderfully vibrant for both young and old, prompted the title of this painting.

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Picture Size: 30 x 30 cm

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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