Fenland willows. No. 1 for Van Gogh competition.

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Love it Fiona, really great colour choice,

Posted by David Johns on Fri 06 Oct 14:17:40

Wow Fiona, fire in the sky! Looks wonderful and I like the trees very much.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Fri 06 Oct 14:34:49

The colours are great Fiona its certainly got the WOW factor, keep taking the medicine LOL

Posted by Linda Drury on Fri 06 Oct 14:38:45

Sizzling Fiona!I can still see you in this, its the trees.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Fri 06 Oct 15:14:43

I love this Fiona, it really does have the wow factor

Posted by Karen Thomas on Fri 06 Oct 16:10:17

It’s very good Fiona just be careful with that Absinthe it can be deadly but if it works!!!

Posted by Barry Hulme on Fri 06 Oct 16:13:30

Fiona if you do not win a prize with this Van Gogh I will personally send you a box of paints, minus the VIRIDIAN green of course. If you have done more please lets see them. It is Van Goghy for sure. The trees are, Van Ghoghy and the hills. Take a look at his brush marks but don’t touch the Absinthe. Lol

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Fri 06 Oct 16:25:07

Very beautiful work, Fiona, and great Van Gogh-like style.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Fri 06 Oct 16:43:44

Lol .....many thanks David, Margaret, Linda, Marjorie (how are you) Karen, Barry, John (you're on, minus the Viridian though. This is the first, I'm working on an idea for the next one John) and Cesare. You have made my day! I floated away somewhere doing all the separate brush strokes, very therapeutic.......nothing to do with the Absinthe, honest! 🤢

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 06 Oct 16:59:03

Like this very much- effective work

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Fri 06 Oct 22:22:41

Great colour Fiona

Posted by Peter Patrington on Fri 06 Oct 23:02:53

It's in your face Fiona. Love it. I am struggling with that same comp .

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Sat 07 Oct 06:27:56

Wow, Fiona. Fantastic colours.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Sat 07 Oct 09:42:48

There's not much left to say apart from WOW. It has certainly brightened up a very grey Saturday morning. Can't wait to see the next Van Gogh.

Posted by Carol Hitchman on Sat 07 Oct 10:29:03

You do need the full bottle F to get into the spirit of things... So, is it a van Gogh?, well, it has some good points and lovely brush strokes etc. Remember that he went over the top colour wise so I would have added some sienna's and whatever was on my palette to spice up those trees and mountains but a splendid first go.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Sat 07 Oct 11:39:20

Thank you very much Maureen, Peter, Sylvia (you can do it gal!) Ellen, Carol and Alan for your constructive feedback. Alan, it's not quite there is it, hopefully I'll get to the bottom of the bottle and see if that improves my perception. Thank you x

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 07 Oct 12:26:15

His Willows at Sunset had similar colour trees so stick with it Fiona.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Sat 07 Oct 15:32:19

Superb Fiona great techniques

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sun 08 Oct 10:18:36

Thank you very much Dennis....lovely to see you back.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 08 Oct 18:58:22

This is inspired.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 10 Oct 12:51:06

Thank you Gudrun, that’s very kind of you to say so.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 10 Oct 17:37:56

Hang on Studio Wall

06/10/2017

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11x9in oil on board. I did this scene a few years ago in watercolour but instead of the the two willows on the opposite bank there was a gate. I've gone for the full throttle orange and yellow thing with this one, I don't think it's very Van Gogh-ish to be honest. Next one I will try before the half bottle of Absinthe !

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