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A super painting Andrea. I really like the details of the bike and how you’ve achieved the transparency of the shop window.

Thank you Spencer :-) It’s funny how the windows have become almost mirrors - I’m not sure if this is because these windows are recessed or if it’s because this shop is among a number of shops and residences in a very narrow lane - making the opposite dwellings (and their reflections) very close. Either way, the lady who lives opposite this shop was telling me that the local school kids regularly stop to check out their hair right outside her windows - oblivious to the fact she is often in there looking straight out at them! :- D Thank you for commenting.

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23/03/2022
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Swaffields Barbers & Hair Dresser Salon, Wimborne Number 7 in my 'Painting the Town' Wimborne series ... painterly proof that modern independent premises have just as much character as the older shops - and also because I lOVE the bicycle they have parked outside too! :- ) 8 inches square, oil on gessobord

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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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