Red Refugee - nfs - 2018

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You have portrayed an expression of fear within the eyes which is very haunting Andrew.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sun 28 Jul 11:48:52

Thank you Carole, yes, it is, but I find them strangely magnetic, too; peace and love, God bless, Andy 🙂❤️

Posted by Andrew Smith on Sun 28 Jul 12:20:02

super

Posted by tony palmer on Mon 29 Jul 17:01:34

Thank you Tony, peace and love, God bless, Andy 😃

Posted by Andrew Smith on Mon 29 Jul 17:50:14

I agree with Carole re the eyes, truly amazing depth and colour, but the whole portrait is of the same very high standard. Well done indeed!

Posted by Denis Savage on Tue 30 Jul 10:51:03

Thank you Dennis for your very generous comments!, peace & love, God bless, Andy 🙂

Posted by Andrew Smith on Tue 30 Jul 11:02:38

Why do I paint? Art touches the heart when words are not enough Therefore I paint With love To speak to you 🙂🥰🙏🏻🕊🌹

Posted by Andrew Smith on Thu 01 Jun 06:46:24

This was my first ever oil painting and wanted to do with a portrait; I have always found this a very powerful photograph, and it meant doing an accurate drawing first and then working out how to use oil paints after some initial pointers by our art tutor, to produce the desired effects; it probably took me forty hours to complete but I was hugely gratified by the results, and it's still one of my favourite paintings. What do you think? Love and God bless 🙂❤️🕊🙏

Posted by Andrew Smith on Tue 20 Jun 10:56:30

Hang on Studio Wall

28/07/2019

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Oil Portrait on canvas, based on the famous National Geographic photo of an Aghan refugee 12 x 9 inches, Nov 2017

About the Artist

Andrew Smith

I’ve always loved water, its movement, its colour, its power. I had the privilege of working as a hydrologist for nine years before ordination, necessarily but enjoyably observing the movement of water in full flow or even in floods. That was thirty years ago but my love for moving water has not…

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