Try and Catch the Wind by Robert Bristow

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I LOVE that song - one of my favourites too and I like your artwork.

Love this painting and the narration.

I love the contrasting scenes within this. Very well done Robert.

Many thanks for the insightful comments and encouragement, much appreciated - Bob

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21/02/2026
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The title is a nod to Donovan Leitch’s 1965 song and debut single “Catch The Wind”, one of my favourites of that period. The scene depicts traditional, colourful homes in a settlement on Greenland’s southwestern coast, with a view of a passing iceberg. As the Aurora borealis sets the scene alight, the northern polar jet stream flows overhead, monitored by two weather balloons and a windsock.

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Robert Bristow

I live in New Zealand after spending fifteen years in the United Arab Emirates,originally from Dorset, U.K. I have enjoyed painting in oils since I was a teenager, I'm a proud possessor of a GCE Art "O" level pass certificate and studied art part time at Weston Super Mare Technical College - now I'm…

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