I'll Cry Tomorrow

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You're really prolific, Fred! This is another gem. I'm amazed how you managed to capture so much detail from such a small photo and in such a short time. This painting is all wonderful tonal work and great draughtsmanship. And for me, it's highly informative and interesting - I've never seen the original Cathay cinema!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Thu 31 Mar 12:47:34

Hey I'm not that good Seok. I enlarged it on the computer first but thank you for your comments.

Posted by Fred Elwell on Thu 31 Mar 15:58:03

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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The Cathay cinema Singapore 1956. This is the first cinema that we had been in with air conditioning and no smoking! This is from my old collection of B/W photos and they are only 2 inches square. I think this is a street behind Orchard Rd., but I'm not certain.

About the Artist

Fred Elwell

Born In South London now living in Hampshire. A self taught artist although I did attend evening classes at The City and Guilds of London School of Art. As they didn't teach painting in artificial light I had to be content with life drawing two evenings a week. I also did all day on Sundays but…

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