Autumn Reflections

Autumn Reflections
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Beautifully painted with lovely autumnal overtures Keith.

Lovely pastel Keith - great water in particular

Beautifully done, love the reflections.

Has a real feel of stillness, a fine painting.

Very nice.

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11/10/2020
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Soft Pastel on Colourfix panel. 24 x 30 cm. Depicts NW shore of the Lake Schiffenen on a late October afternoon which lies between Fribourg and Berne. Sun was flat and cast long ,dark shadows. After initial block-in with chunky pastel strokes, I fixed the underpainting by brushing on methyl alcohol. After it dried I refined the work using Unison, Schminke soft sticks and Faber Castell harder sticks. This studywill serve for a larger 50 x 60 cm oil painting.

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Keith DIXON

Keith Dixon Living near the Swiss Pre-Alps and Lakeland, as I do, provides me with many alpine subjects to paint. I paint outside as well as in the studio in oils, soft pastels, acrylics and dry media. Born on the E.Coast of N.England, I miss the ocean. This may be why many of my paintings are of…

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