Mellor Church

Mellor Church
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I think its a lovely painting David, and if means something to somebody it will sell, I've often sold churches to people in the past.

Very well done David, even if people don't particularly like churches, this one is part of the lovely scene so I'm sure that people will like it.

Lovely work, David. Great precision with the church building, and the perspective. Super trees too!

Thank you all, glad you like it. Well, Linda, you and the first local professional's advice were right, it did sell at the weekend's exhibition. To me, though, it's a painting of late afternoon light, not the church!

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07/10/2017
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I paint to please myself, not the market, but when an exhibition comes around I like to experiment with the "market". One local professional tells me "very local views sell best" while another tells me that "churches never sell" so I painted this very local church specifically for the exhibition next weekend to see who's right!

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David Whitehead

I have always loved the British landscape – walking in it, photographing it and now, since early retirement, painting it in watercolour. I prefer to paint in the field and have experienced all the difficulties the British weather can present to a painter, from the sun drying the paint on the…

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