Do any of you collect art or have a favourite artist?

I’m an amateur artist, watercolours and acrylics, favourite artists include the wonderful Charles Evans, Paul Clarke and Geoff Kersey, the Irish self taught artist the late Frank Clarke was also very good

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Originally Posted by mickd1961

This is the type of stuff I have from Duncan Macgregor, boats and coastal scenes, he paints with a knife I believe.


https://images.app.goo.gl/3tXUwz76FFEm5drw5

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Nice, looks simple on the surface but the more you look the more you find.

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Originally Posted by SwedishBaggie

J M W Turner, originals… 😎 Maybe a Constable will knock on my door soon!? 🤔😜

Joking aside, I do like the aforementioned. John Martin from the same period is a favourite of mine (”Plains of heaven” eg).

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The fighting temeraire is one of my favourite paintings, turner could really do light!

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Originally Posted by DaveP67 is back!

The fighting temeraire is one of my favourite paintings, turner could really do light!

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Like a lot of Turner's paintings myself. Mind you, when I went to an exhibition of his works many moons ago it was just a few of us and our art teacher who was more into Modern Art and made us laugh with his derogatory comment that seeing all these paintings together was like "walking through custard" 😁

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Originally Posted by Bombers right foot

.... the Irish self taught artist the late Frank Clarke was also very good

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I use to watch this fella on RTE over here. Series ran for eight years. He was so relaxing and easy to watch that I started seriously looking at the hobby. He made it so simple.

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Originally Posted by DaveP67 is back!

The fighting temeraire is one of my favourite paintings, turner could really do light!

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Indeed - and the contrast between his early and late paintings is really interesting too. The late, very ”blurred” with no sharp details and amazing captures of light.

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Originally Posted by SwedishBaggie

Indeed - and the contrast between his early and late paintings is really interesting too. The late, very ”blurred” with no sharp details and amazing captures of light.

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He was basically blind then Thomas, yes able to portray such beauty.

Think my childhood beer mat and football pennant collection might still be in the loft somewhere. I've no real need for art as the wife's a piece of work in her own right. You can all take that how you like....... she definitely would 😆 😆 😂 .

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Originally Posted by DaveP67 is back!

He was basically blind then Thomas, yes able to portray such beauty.

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I know, very impressive, and he was also throughout his career so productive but maintaining high quality all the time.

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Originally Posted by Albionic68

Think my childhood beer mat and football pennant collection might still be in the loft somewhere. I've no real need for art as the wife's a piece of work in her own right. You can all take that how you like....... she definitely would 😆 😆 😂 .

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