Fred Elwell

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Nice portrait. Very atmospheric and a tricky thing to do as the hands will inevitably be a feature with a musician. Well done Fred

Posted by angela angela on Wed 10 Feb 18:22:28

I like this. A nice portfolio Fred.

Posted by JEAN LACEY on Thu 25 Feb 23:13:57

Beautiful Gallery. I hear them playing their instruments; what's the lovely music!

Posted by Bronia Kornas on Fri 26 Feb 07:22:31

Thankyou Bronia. I have been a jazz fan from the age of fifteen. After the big bands and bebop came the avant garde in the shape of the Dave Brubeck Quartet , Jerry Mulligan Quartet and the Modern Jazz Quartet and were very exciting times.

Posted by Fred Elwell on Fri 26 Feb 19:54:39

thanks for your comment - I love Dave Brubeck and have done some Jazz paintings myself. Great lights and darks.

Posted by Val-Irene Robertson on Tue 26 Jan 19:06:52

Brubeck and Desmond, Take Five: Great days.

Posted by ron steadman on Fri 24 Aug 19:53:06

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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Dave Brubeck. Charcoal

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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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