Gate#2 Spring

Very good, especially the "spring".

Love the way you interpret rust, especially in watercolour. Fantastic work Brian.

Thank you for your comments Richard and Carole. I suppose you have to be sad to admit you have a passion for rust and its effect on the things around it, but there you go. Thats just me.

Although I've never painted such I do share your fascination with rusty gate hinges. They always catch my eye when I'm out strolling.

Great painting, love the subject and colours.

Yes Gordon, as a rambler for 40 yrs I must have passed through thousands of them so I've managed to captured quite a number of photographs. Now: with age I'm painting them more than passing through them. Fond memories.

Thank you for your comments Paul. Where does (Dixie) come from? I worked for 30 yrs with a workmate called Dixie & never found out his real name.

Nicely painted Brian,and especially the spring on the hinges, as it does show the convoluted metal rings with the variants of rust pigments, an interesting feature!

Brian the nickname Dixie is often given to people with the name Dean, occasionally Dixon. My dad was know as Dixie when in the RAF, and I inherited it when I joined up. It originality is linked to Dixie Dean a great football player before WW11. I cannot kick a ball straight.

Thank you for your nice comments Angela & thanks Paul for explaining the origins of the nickname Dixie.

Liked the first one and really like the 2nd one too.