“Blackbird..” by Spencer Lambeth-Angell

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Deep meaning and well painted picture 😉

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Fri 17 Feb 17:58:01

Really like this.

Posted by Jill Hammond on Fri 17 Feb 18:02:04

Lovely one!!

Posted by David Stevens on Fri 17 Feb 18:09:30

Great piece Spencer, I love the song too.

Posted by Russell Edwards on Fri 17 Feb 18:34:27

The Beatles refused to play to a racially split audience and the Authorities had to relent. Your Blackbird theme is very cleverly done Spencer especially with Segregation beneath. ,👍👍Oh and also Equality above.

Posted by Chris Scott on Fri 17 Feb 18:37:06

Good one Spencer

Posted by Christine Rogan on Fri 17 Feb 18:58:38

Thank you so much for your lovely comments Stephen, Jill, David, Russell, Chris and Christine. I do appreciate it.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Fri 17 Feb 19:02:22

Really well constructed Spencer - I love it

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Fri 17 Feb 19:19:18

Fascinating and very thoughtful painting Spencer. Good design.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Fri 17 Feb 19:46:42

Nice One Spencer...

Posted by xxxx xxxxxx on Fri 17 Feb 19:50:17

Love the tree design and that wonderful blackbird Spencer.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Fri 17 Feb 20:15:54

Thank you so much for your great comments Sarah, Tessa, Eric and Carole.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Fri 17 Feb 20:29:23

Lovely, especially the background design.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Fri 17 Feb 21:26:32

A super painting

Posted by anne cooper on Fri 17 Feb 22:02:09

Great design Spencer.

Posted by Denise Cat on Fri 17 Feb 23:01:05

Beautiful Spencer- powerful

Posted by Rachel Wood on Sat 18 Feb 06:04:16

A very fine interpretation of the song.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sat 18 Feb 06:17:56

Very good design. I didn’t understand the background to this song, so thanks for that too.

Posted by Andrew Roles on Sat 18 Feb 07:14:52

This is really well thought out and executed Spencer. A super image. Your best yet in this series imho!

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Sat 18 Feb 08:13:20

Like this Spencer, very well done and though through

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 18 Feb 08:16:46

Beautifully painted.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Sat 18 Feb 08:55:41

Good one Spencer. Lovely 😍

Posted by Faye Patrick on Sat 18 Feb 09:00:56

Thank you so much for your great comments Jenny, Anne, Denise, Rachel, Lewis, Andrew, Martin, Heather and Paul. Most kind of you.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sat 18 Feb 09:01:20

Great composition Spencer, a favourite song too.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 18 Feb 09:29:03

Thank you so much Carole. It’s one of my favourites too!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sat 18 Feb 10:01:55

This is my new favourite of the series, love it.

Posted by valerie harper on Sat 18 Feb 10:19:53

Brilliant Spencer. I could see this on a book cover or a record sleeve as you have produced an iconic image.

Posted by David Williams on Sat 18 Feb 10:29:12

Lovely design and colours Spencer

Posted by Frank Bingley on Sat 18 Feb 10:34:19

Very thoughtfully executed. It's super.

Posted by xxFionaxx xxBellxx on Sat 18 Feb 16:04:36

Thank you for your lovely comments Valerie, David, Frank and Fiona. It is most kind of you.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sat 18 Feb 16:07:01

A very strong image and message Spencer. Love the branch work.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 18 Feb 21:24:35

Thank you so much Fiona. I do appreciate it.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sun 19 Feb 09:51:01

I am pleased you liked it Coral. Thank you.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 20 Feb 20:15:05

Interesting piece and superbly painted!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 23 Feb 08:15:06

Thank you so much Alan.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Thu 23 Feb 08:23:30

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17/02/2023

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Continuing my Beatles series is “Blackbird” which was written by Paul McCartney in 1968. He said the lyrics were inspired by the call of a blackbird in Rishikesh, India whilst studying transcendental meditation but also by the racial tensions and uprising in the southern US where there was a call to move from segregation towards equality. This is shown within my painting.

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Spencer Lambeth-Angell

I only took up painting during the lockdown so a lot of my work is experimental trying to find out what techniques work well for me. Decades ago I trained as a Primary School teacher with art and design as one of my subjects but textiles was my main area of work. I enjoy painting and drawing but am…

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