Tree in a grove, near Santo Antonio, 2019

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Trees in a grove, near Santo Antonio, 2019, oil on card, 21.5 x 24 cm - available

Santo Antônio de Lisboa, sea, June 2022

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, sea, June 2022, oil on card, 26 x 27.7 cm - available

Very like Cezanne here.

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, Monet

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, end of the day SOLD

 oil on card, 29.7 x 27.5 cm

 

 

 

 

 Santo Antônio de Lisboa, end of the day -  detail

 

 

 The proceeds from the sale of this painting have gone to UNICEF to help in Ukraine. To help Ukraine, and recieve a painting, please contact me.

 

 What happens when you are painting sunsets is that you work away steadily for ages then suddenly become aware that the scene has changed entirely.

 So you wipe off the painting and start again...and again...

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There's no getting away from Monet with pictures like this, is there? The subject and and plein air approach are utterly dominated by him.

 It would be like playing reggae and trying to deny the influence of Bob Marley. 

 

Well, if one is going to have an influence, at least Monet is a good one to have...

 

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa , sun setting

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 Santo Antônio de Lisboa, sun setting, oil on card, 29.7 x 27.5 c- available

 

Cacupe, sun setting, oil on card - detail

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, house on a hill

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, house on a hill, oil on card, 26 x 28 cm-  available

With this one, I wished to maintain to show brush movement and the forms of bushes on the hill. .

I seem to be going to a style of work where simple marks that contrast evocatively. I like things like textiles and ceramics

I used black here for the first time in ages. Black gives a "BLAM" effect that I can't obtain otherwise. But as it can easily pollute the palette, it has to be handled with considerable caution.

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Trees in sunshine, Santo Antonio

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Trees in sunshine, Santo Antonio, oil on card, 26 x 28 cm unavailable

This was painted thickly and confidently. At first I liked it, then I didn't, and now I like it again.

The things I like are:

1. variety of greens
2. thick paint texture
3. sense of movement
4. lively

The thing I don't like is:

1. feels a bit rough

But I think the liveliness would be lost if I started trying to tidy it up.

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This one is a bit like Vuillard. It has that containment.



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BR 401, trees in a valley

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BR 401, trees in a valley, oil on card, 26 x 28 cm unavailable

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Hill, painted from BR401 near Santo Antonio

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Hill, painted from BR401 near Santo Antonio, oil on card, 26 x 28 cm

unavailable

There are diggers appearing round here and I imagine that shortly we will see some new constructions.

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Santo Antonio, bushes and trees

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Santo Antonio, bushes and trees, oil on card,  19 x 24 cm

A thickly painted picture. A painting is thing of paint.

 I think recognising this is essential for the best painting- I mean really introducing this textural element into the picture. 

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Settlement, on the way to Cacupe

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The road to Cacupe, settlement, 

Oil on card, 24.2 x 29.7 cm unavailable

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A road to Santo Antônio de Lisboa

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A road to Santo Antônio de Lisboa, oil on card, 22 x 24.5 cm - unavailable

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Smaller trees, Santo Antônio de Lisboa

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Smaller trees, Santo Antonio, oil on card, 23.5 x 25.7 cm unavailable

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Yellow house, Santo Antônio de Lisboa

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Yellow house, Santo Antônio de Lisboa, oil on card, c. 20 x 24 cm - sold

This is a re-visitation of the scene depicted in From a Grove, painted in April this year, albeit painted from slightly closer.

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, October 2019, tree

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, October 2019, tree

 oil on card, 21 x 26 cm

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, general view

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, general view, oil on card, 25 x 30 cm - available

This one is very Gillies.

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Two framed pictures for Think Art Tattoo Gallery Exhibition

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 A view from a grove, Santo Antonio
 oil on card, 17.3 x 14.7 cm, framed SOLD

Santo Antonio da Lisboa, a view through trees  framed  SOLD

 oil on card, 20.4 x 18.3 cm

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, trees, late afternoon

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, trees, late afternoon, oil on card, 23 x 30 cm

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Leaves

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Leaves, near Santo Antonio, oil on card, 21.5 x 24 cm - unavailable

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Woods, Santo Antonio

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Woods, Santo Antonio, oil on card, 23 x 29.5 cm

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Leaves, Santo Antonio

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Leaves, Santo Antonio, oil on card, 21 x 23.5 cm unavailable

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