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Love the background it works really well ,lovely painting

Posted by anne cooper on Wed 28 Apr 22:00:16

Lovely background, it gives the depth feeling, Stephen.

Posted by Kwok Wai Chau on Thu 29 Apr 02:28:37

I adore red squirrels, lovely painting Stephen. I agree also with the previous comments, great background too.

Posted by Suzanne McQuade on Thu 29 Apr 04:56:02

Really excellent work Stephen

Posted by David Pilgram on Thu 29 Apr 06:15:59

Great background and that squirrel is a charmer.

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 29 Apr 06:28:45

A very successful painting, Stephen - the background gives a feeling of distance, context and depth...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Thu 29 Apr 06:58:40

Beautiful.

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Thu 29 Apr 07:38:58

The light sets it off.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Thu 29 Apr 09:02:26

Everything works well Stephen, beautiful light.

Posted by Linda Drury on Thu 29 Apr 10:22:43

Agree with all above Stephen, beautiful!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 29 Apr 11:13:01

Many thanks all for your kind comments.

Posted by Stephen Kelly on Thu 29 Apr 16:09:35

Great technique and the glowing transparency of the background light is particularly good

Posted by Andrew Roberts on Thu 29 Apr 17:19:42

Very nice, lovely background

Posted by Romila Datta on Thu 29 Apr 20:16:32

Lovely painting

Posted by Lyn Thacker on Fri 30 Apr 09:44:18

Agree with all the comments, a beautiful background and great composition. I tried taking photos of squirrels the other day without much success

Posted by Fred Elwell on Fri 30 Apr 10:32:04

Beautiful!!!

Posted by Natalie Aleksejeva on Fri 30 Apr 11:29:57

Lovely painting.

Posted by caroline harris on Sat 01 May 11:40:59

Hang on Studio Wall

28/04/2021

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Practicing backgrounds.

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Stephen Kelly

My Father was an artist and I wanted to follow in his footsteps but sadly he died when I was 8 which changed everything. When it was time to earn a living, Uncle Norman said " I'll get you a job Lad" so I became an apprentice photo retoucher, not fine art but a job. The work was intimidating as…

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