On the Edge!

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I'm amazed that you could paint this in situ. Last time I was there it was so windy that I could hardly stand up. I tried taking a photo, but i could not hold the camera still! Well done!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Wed 08 Feb 01:59:37

Beautifully captured Keith. The textures in the cliffs and the mine are wonderful, but the sea is outstanding. Well done.

Posted by Pete Batho on Wed 08 Feb 06:25:50

Very strong painting.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 08 Feb 10:29:25

Reminds me of holidays in Cornwall love the painting

Posted by Ruth Harris on Fri 10 Feb 18:37:57

Hang on Studio Wall

07/02/2017

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Oil on mdf board, 24 x 30 cm. Painted on-site 2014 and shows one of the twin towers at Botallack Tin Mine, Cornwall---featured in the Poldark TV series . Conditions were slightly precarious and, as usual on this coast, windy and loud with crash of waves and calling of seabirds. Signed lower RHC. The challenge was to depict the old tower in-situ as part of the steep cliffs and swirling ocean -- a reminder of the past when lives were lost eking out the ore from underground.

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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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