HSBC Bank Port Talbot

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Where is the man with the umbrella :-) ? The rainy athmosphere is very well met. It also shows the beauty and the ugliness of the arrangement. I like this kind of very personal view paintings David.

Posted by Holger . on Sat 30 Apr 20:19:55

The man with the umbrella was me, but I was painting it at the time! Thanks for your comments Holger:-)

Posted by David Clark on Sun 01 May 21:35:09

Hang on Studio Wall

09/05/2016

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Er, it's the HSBC Bank in Port Talbot. It's a rather impressive building in that heavy, late Victorian/Edwardian style. How long, I wonder before some bright spark comes up with the idea of demolishing the whole block and putting a box in its place instead? The scan hasn't done it many favours - the sky and the road are actually far more green and less grey than this scan shows.

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David Clark

I've always drawn, but I never took Art as a subject at school, and I've never had any lessons or tuition. I've always doodled in idle moments, and sketched for my own amusement, but I never had the guts to try painting before 2015. I joined the Afan Nedd artists' group that summer, finally plucking…

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