Two acorns

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Nicely done Spencer, good story ☺️

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Sun 25 Feb 11:03:08

What an interesting story and a good painting too

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 25 Feb 11:05:45

I thought I knew all the Beatle bits and bobs Spencer but not that. Certainly a lovely well painted illustration. Excellent.

Posted by Chris Scott on Sun 25 Feb 11:08:12

Another good one, Spencer and love the story!

Posted by David Stevens on Sun 25 Feb 11:41:58

Thank you for your great comments Stephen, Heather, Chris and David.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sun 25 Feb 12:51:50

What a great piece of history to go with your painting Spencer……love it!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 25 Feb 13:10:59

Interesting effect Spencer.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Sun 25 Feb 13:49:16

So nice ,great colours. The squirrels have had all of mine.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Sun 25 Feb 14:29:24

Thank you so much Fiona and John.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sun 25 Feb 14:29:42

Thank you so much Sylvia.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sun 25 Feb 14:30:40

Just read your story Spencer...yes I heard it on the news.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Sun 25 Feb 14:33:01

Some lovely colours in this Spencer.

Posted by David Williams on Sun 25 Feb 15:38:48

Very nicely done and what an unusual story!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Sun 25 Feb 16:49:41

Thank you so much for your lovely comments Sylvia, David and Anne. Much appreciated.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sun 25 Feb 17:40:17

A great suggestion of Autumn-Winter in your colour choices Spencer -so good.

Posted by Willie Drea on Sun 25 Feb 22:14:39

Love the style and the story

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Mon 26 Feb 09:10:51

Thank you so much for your kind comments Willie and Martin. Much appreciated.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 26 Feb 09:26:34

I like this - not just because of the story, but because the work itself is really eye-catching.

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Mon 26 Feb 11:31:05

Thank you so much Bobbie. I just decided to use colour as much as possible rather than leave the leaves and acorns in their natural colours.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 26 Feb 13:38:11

Lovely

Posted by Romila Datta on Tue 27 Feb 21:48:29

Thank you for your kind comment Romila.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Wed 28 Feb 09:14:57

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25/02/2024

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In 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono donated a large circular bench which was placed in the grounds of Coventry Cathedral, in the UK, as a sign for peace and in which they planted two acorns. One week later they were stolen and when the police stopped a drunk driver he admitted to stealing the two acorns when he was searched. They had been covered with nail varnish. 55 years later a retired policeman handed them in to the Beatles museum. This was recently reported in the UK news. I just had fun with colour.

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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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