Loosestrife in the sun

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Excellent painting, some people call Ragged Robin I believe but I probably has many local names .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Mon 03 Jul 16:44:08

A beautiful picture.

Posted by Peter Smith on Mon 03 Jul 16:47:40

Lovely contrast of sun and shade.

Posted by Lynn Parkins on Mon 03 Jul 17:53:50

That’s beautiful Anthony, and I think you’re right , it does look like Loosestrife.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 03 Jul 18:28:58

Very beautiful.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Mon 03 Jul 19:02:58

Love the contrasting lights and darks. A lovely summery painting with all that rich foliage Anthony.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Mon 03 Jul 19:05:20

Excellent painting Anthony.

Posted by George Cutter on Mon 03 Jul 20:40:44

Gorgeous! The brilliance of light on the detailed foliage is superb!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Mon 03 Jul 20:45:20

Beautiful work Anthony! A lovely summer sight

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Mon 03 Jul 21:26:32

Great that you captured this beautiful scene before the diggers move in Anthony. Lovely light!

Posted by Karen Lewis on Tue 04 Jul 05:52:29

Stands out beautifully against the darker green.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Tue 04 Jul 06:43:39

Really, really good Anthony

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 04 Jul 07:35:18

This is superb the way you've caught the sunlight on the grasses and flowers against the darknes of the foliage Anthony, really stands out on the gallery page.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Tue 04 Jul 12:01:30

Gorgeous.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Tue 04 Jul 12:46:27

Ahh beautiful 😍

Posted by Faye Patrick on Tue 04 Jul 14:57:23

Beautiful sense of light there

Posted by Romila Datta on Tue 04 Jul 16:31:14

Beautiful colours and feeling of sunlight.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Tue 04 Jul 20:26:27

Beautiful! What a shame it’s going to be built on.

Posted by Emma Price on Wed 05 Jul 16:47:29

Very striking, caught my eye straight away, love the yellow greens against the purple.

Posted by Lisa Shearing on Sat 08 Jul 19:45:58

A beautiful painting!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Sun 09 Jul 12:50:09

Beautiful !

Posted by Lea Laboy on Mon 17 Jul 12:25:47

Thats beautiful!

Posted by Katie Ray on Tue 18 Jul 09:22:11

Lovely sense of light and shade. The flowers look like foxgloves to me.

Posted by Lynne Duncombe on Mon 24 Jul 15:02:29

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03/07/2023

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Sneaking through a soon to be defunct patch of woodland ( where houses will shortly grow in lieu of trees) I came into a small clearing and was struck by the sun illuminating a patch of purple loosestrife ( I did try to idenify it via Google, could be wrong, please correct me if I am). This is a loose rendition, based on a minds eye image and a reference photo. In acrylic on unstretched canvas

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Anthony Stubbs

Now passed my allotted span of three score years and ten and enormously relishing being fully retired from paid employment as a lecturer in electronic engineering, working part time did give me more time to pursue my interests, now I have all the time in the world and the future has become even…

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