Wenhaston Church

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I think that you have captured this well.

Posted by Malcolm Brooks on Thu 18 Aug 13:06:52

Beautiful done, Denis.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Thu 18 Aug 13:32:54

It really feels like a stone building, beautifully painted Denis.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Thu 18 Aug 15:52:50

It's a super painting Denis.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 18 Aug 15:56:30

The stonework is really well painted Denis, nice compo too.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Thu 18 Aug 16:10:19

A lovely painting Denis

Posted by David Johns on Thu 18 Aug 17:14:50

It's beautiful Denis.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 18 Aug 20:43:19

Denis this is a nice and happy painting, is it the red of the tent that creates this positive special?

Posted by Holger . on Fri 19 Aug 07:59:08

Thank you everyone for your comments - most encouraging! Holger, I myself think that the red tent (actually it was orange) adds a positive element to the picture. It was there as the registration point for the painters taking part (you can see that I did'not venture far to find my subject!). I stuck it in almost as an afterthought together with figures to impart a sense of scale.

Posted by Denis Pickles on Fri 19 Aug 08:40:05

Hang on Studio Wall

18/08/2016

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I was invited to take part in a 'Paint Out' down in Wenhaston, Suffolk a couple of weeks ago. It was a lovely day, lovely venue and some brilliant painters taking part. My ink and wash won 'nowt' as we say in Yorkshire but taking part was reward in itself. I've never done anything like it before.

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Denis Pickles

I’ve been drawing and painting for a long, long time. The first picture I have still in my possession is dated November 1939 and 83 years on I’m still at it! Keen on art at school and would have dearly liked a job with an art connection- I had hoped to get into architecture, but it did not happen.…

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