Armistice Poppy

Armistice Poppy
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Very evocative and skilled piece Philip

Supeb

Beautifully done but very sad.

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12/11/2015
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The art group fell on the 11th November and the suggested topic was poppies. Rather than a pretty field of poppies I decided to use the influences of Wilfred Owen's poem 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' and my memory of the wonderful Paul Nash paintings.

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Philip Swan

Retired university lecturer in history. Now a regular attendee at Kalkan Art Group where I picked up a brush for the first time (since school in the 1960s) a couple of years ago.

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