A hard life by Matthew Sewell

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You certainly capture mood and a time and place.

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 13 May 06:49:47

A superb painting and a reminder that all wasn’t so wonderful in the Victorian era.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 13 May 08:07:02

You’ve really captured the harshness of the period and painted the scene with compassion.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 13 May 08:17:30

Thanks very much. I find painting from a ‘difficult’ source (small, low resolution, monochrome) gives me more freedom to invent, and stops me slavishly copying a photo

Posted by Matthew Sewell on Thu 16 May 10:00:43

Hang on Studio Wall

12/05/2024

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Oil on paper of Victoria children cowering in a light well to keep warm, taken loosely from a small sepis photo found on line

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Price: 295

Picture Size: 46 x 35 unframed

About the Artist

Matthew Sewell

Watercolourist since the 90's, and have just taken up oils a couple of years ago. I regularly paint en plein air with a local group called the Artful Dodgers, and aim to paint at least twice a week now I'm heading for retirement.

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