Apache dancers on their way to work. A4 sketchbook Pen and watercolor.

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Great stuff Lew and that really is/was a true stereotype at one time. Love those dancing feet of Powerful Pierre..(-:

Posted by Jim Morris on Tue 16 Jul 08:04:37

Always great imagination and full of humour.

Posted by Stephen Kelly on Tue 16 Jul 08:36:21

Love it, Lewis, especially the beefy chap on the right - great expression!

Posted by Jenny Harris on Tue 16 Jul 08:48:13

Another beauty Lewis, and an interesting tale to boot !

Posted by Carolyn Parkinson on Tue 16 Jul 08:53:59

Thanks very much for your generous comments. This was done a bit hurriedly, but, oddly, the sketchiness appeals to me.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Tue 16 Jul 08:56:39

Wonderful Lewis. You always manage to arouse one’s imagination to a surreal level.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Tue 16 Jul 10:16:33

That's great Lewis, full of little bits that make me giggle like the dancer applying her lipstick and the "Norah Batty " stockinged lady with a cat under her arm!!??

Posted by Val Kenyon on Tue 16 Jul 10:44:12

Great detail Lew, and I love the facial expressions!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Tue 16 Jul 16:48:30

The lady in green looks very sniffy and completely disapproving .Fab expressions.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Tue 16 Jul 18:14:01

So good!

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Tue 16 Jul 19:29:21

Nice to see you at your drawing board again Lewis. Excellent!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 16 Jul 20:50:07

Like it!

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Wed 17 Jul 22:31:56

Hang on Studio Wall

16/07/2019

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In case you don't know. 'Apache' dancing is a Parisian dance based on the old time gangsters and their molls. In the dance the girl gets thrown around, then she turns the tables and roughs up the man. Don't know if it's still done...it's all part of my imaginary Paris.

About the Artist

Lewis Cooper

Self taught. Love drawing. Like to make pictures up, without using reference pics, often in cartoon style. I do other pictures where I do use reference. I'm knocking on a bit, born in 1940 in Greenwich, London. Retired, and loving it.

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