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Great colours, vibrant. The detail makes it very interesting

Posted by Pat Thompson on Thu 18 Jun 14:25:44

Thank you, Pat

Posted by Roger Turner on Thu 18 Jun 14:37:25

I just love this painting the lighthouse is very dominant in the top r/h third of the painting, I really love the way your eye is drawn through the painting. <br /><br />The light house reminds me of the one on the cliffs at Happisburgh (Norfolk) this part of the coast is very quickly being claimed by the North Sea so in a few years time the lighthouse will no longer be standing <br /><br />Great work Roger

Posted by Philip Smith on Thu 18 Jun 20:49:50

Thank you, Philip. I must have taken 50 or 60 reference photographs on the day, looking for the best composition. This one I particularly liked because everything draws you to or from the lighthouse: lines of wild-flowers, vegetation, the rocks ledges filled with pools of seawater. The breaking waves, the old portland stone crane and the scudding clouds - all of which sweep towards or emanate from the focal point of the lighthouse complex and the Lobster Pot restaurant.

Posted by Roger Turner on Fri 19 Jun 12:46:06

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03/07/2015

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Portland Bill Lighthouse on the Isle of Portland, in the beautiful county of Dorset, England shows the way for vessels heading for Portland or Weymouth. The lighthouse warns shipping of the rock coastline of the Portland Bill and the hazardous waters that surround it. Out to sea on the left of the painting can be seen the white capped waves of the Portland tidal race, which is caused by the turbulent coming together of tidal surges between the Bill and the Shambles sandbank.

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Roger Turner

Having been born in Great Bridge, in the heart of the industrial West Midlands, England in 1956, most of Roger's formative years were spent in Australia, living in Sydney, Canberra, Wollongong and Newcastle, finally returning to live in England in 1978. Roger is an artist, who has been painting and…

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