The Tap & Grape

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Excellent painting Andrea, and beautiful done .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 06 Dec 13:39:49

This is good, too! Very clever how you see through the glass!

Posted by Peter Robinson on Mon 06 Dec 13:42:44

Love it!

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 06 Dec 14:09:08

Really good.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Mon 06 Dec 14:32:51

Thank you so much Paul, that’s very kind of you :-)

Posted by Andrea Hook on Mon 06 Dec 19:20:37

Thank you Peter, I don’t normally like the short days at this time of year, but when I was painting my shopfront series and the clocks changed, I was really excited how different this bar looked all lit up. Much more interesting than my daytime reference snapshot!

Posted by Andrea Hook on Mon 06 Dec 19:24:44

Thank you Heather, much appreciated :- )

Posted by Andrea Hook on Mon 06 Dec 19:25:06

Thank you Maureen!

Posted by Andrea Hook on Mon 06 Dec 19:25:42

Lovely feeling of looking into the brightly-lit shop.

Posted by Shirley May on Wed 29 Dec 15:57:41

Thank you so much Shirley, very kind of you!

Posted by Andrea Hook on Thu 30 Dec 11:27:01

Hang on Studio Wall

06/12/2021

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Another nocturne and number 9 in the series of shopfronts. Loads of narrative in this scene - the gentleman passing by outside and glancing in, the customers in groups, pairs and maybe waiting for friends at the bar, but I particularly liked the bikes stashed by the raised flower bed - ready for a quick/(wobbly?) getaway at the end of the evening! :- ) Oil on gessobord, 8 inches square

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Andrea Hook

I’ve painted and sketched since early childhood and my favourite place was the garden, amongst the old fruit trees and raspberry canes. As a student, I studied for a degree in Visual Arts & Geography at Lancaster University and I worked for fifteen years as an illustrator and graphic designer in…

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