The Bonds of Friendship
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Ann Parsons wanted an artist to paint a delightful photograph of her and Bethany Whittles taking a selfie with an unusual composition with lots of lovely angles: an artist's dream, well, mine anyway. Both work in the NHS. I have called it 'The Bonds of Friendship' because this to me conjures up the camaraderie and friendship that arise when people work closely together. It's oil on linen canvas, 40x30cm. They are delighted to let me share this.
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Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley
"The good painter has to paint two principal things, that is to say, man and the intention of his mind. The first is easy and the second difficult, because the latter has to be represented through gestures and movements of the limbs." (MK388) From: Leonardo da Vinci: The Graphic Work, p16, J…
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