Joaquina, sea, the end of March, 2016

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Joaquina, sea, the end of March, 2016, oil on card 15 x 13 cm SOLD

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Annual Review 2016: Flickr, Blogger, Facebook, Twitter, Saachi

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Palette

Travels

I went on a cruise to Montevideo and Buenos Aires, though that wasn't terribly productive. And I went to Valparaiso and to Peru. Both those trips were very enjoyable and I was blessed with excellent weather. Indeed I was so impressed by Peru  that I shall return there  in 2017, but this time to the more northern part. 

I shall also go to New York again in 2017. I want to do some painting of Chinatown, as well as to explore further Brooklyn, which seems to me to be so rich in personality.

I intend to go to the UK and to Morocco  too, this time to Tangier, Meknes and Fez. But all that has yet to be arranged. 

Valparaiso, shops, Gran Bretana, oil on card, 16 x 15 ccm

Puno, red car, woman, 15 x 16.5 cm, oil on card SOLD

I painted in the interior of Santa Catarina but made no other journeys within Brazil; the reason for this is because of my patterns of work, and because it has become remarkably costly to travel within Brazil- so it seems that it is wiser to put aside the money and use it for more extensive trips in other Latin American states. But I shall continue to visit the interior of Santa Catarina which has a definite magnificence.

A community near Urubici, oil on card, 16 x 18 cm

Flickr

Now I have 917 Followers, up from 2015's 880, a modest increase. It remains a useful place to show work, and a good way to encounter other artists through showing in the many "groups".


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Blogger

The number of followers went down from  82 to 80. I have no explanation for this, though it might be related to the fact that my entries are now briefer and less frequent. Or maybe reading blogs is out of fashion, and there has been a decline in readership across all such sites.

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Facebook

This remains a good place to make contact and show work: add me there if you wish. I frequently sell work through Facebook and I recommend it to other artists.

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Twitter

There are now 256 followers on Twitter, down from 314 last year.  Twitter is more or less a waste of time: I have no meaningful interactions with followers there, and I will abandon the effort.

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Saachi

I sold nothing through this site this year, again. But I will continue to use it occasionally to show work as it costs nothing to do so.

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Plans, thoughts.

The year confirmed the necessity of travel for inspiration and escape: It's necessarily difficult to find the balance between travel and the teaching work I do here to maintain myself., but I'll travel much more next year,. The new double carriers allow an increase in the number of pochades of about forty percent, which means longer painting journeys are possible.

I used the last few months of the year well, going though all the pochades and systematically removing weak work and then more carefully storing the good work.  This editing process is an important way of re-enforcing and understanding ones critical parameters. 

I sold pictures steadily though the year. It wasn't an amazing year but it wasn't terrible either. I felt that I arrived stylistically, and can relax within the techniques and approaches I've developed over the last 6 years.

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Thanks

Thanks to clients, supporters, critics and those who helped me in Peru and Chile. 

Happy New Year! 

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Alfredo Wagner

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Alfredo Wagner, December, oil on card, 14 x 13 cm - unavailable

 Alfredo Wagner, cottages, oil on card, 18 x 15 cm

 Alfredo Wagner, distant fields, oil on card, 14 x 18 cm - unavailable

Some paintings from Alfredo Wagner. 

When I am painting I am seldom calm. My moods vary from elation to anguish. It isnt a pleasant activity: it's like a fight.

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Praia Moçambique, forest

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Praia Moçambique, forest , oil on card, 11.6 x 11.6 cm AVAILABE

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Moçambique, forest

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Moçambique, forest, oil on card, 12.5 x 13.5 cm   SOLD

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Rio Vermelho

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 Rio Vermelho, nature, oil on card, 14 x 12 cm - available

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Roses in a vase

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Roses in a vase, oil on card, 18 x 16.5 cm

A painting that owes something to Manet. But with whom could one prefer to have a debt?

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Trindade

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Trindade, oil on card, 14.5 x 16.5 cm - unavailable

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Ratones- a wooded area

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Ratones, a wooded area, oil on card, 13 x 15 cm  - available

Ratones, a landscape, oil on card, 12.5 x 13.5 cm

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Ingleses

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 Ingleses, side road, oil on card, 12.5 x 14.5 cm  - available

Ingleses, sea, late afternoon, oil on card, 13.5 x 11.5 cm- available

From yesterday's day painting on the north of the island.

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Aguas Mornas, trees near a river

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Aguas Mornas, trees near a river, oil on card, 13 x 11.5 cm unavailable

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Two paintings from Joaquina

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 Carrier featuring two paintings from Joaquina, October, 2016

 Joaquina I, October, 2016, oil on card, 13.5 x 12 cm   available

 Joaquina II, October, 2016, oil on card, 11 x 13 cm   AVAILABLE

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Joaquina- sea, October

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Joaquina, sea, October, oil on card, 11 x 12.5 cm - available

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Aguas Mornas, river

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Aguas Mornas, river, oil on card, 14.5 x 18.5 cm  SOLD

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Woodland

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Woodland, oil on card, 12.5 x 13.5 cm  SOLD

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Araucaria

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 Araucarias, near Urubici I, oil on card, 14.5 x 15.5 cm  unavailable

It would be impossible to over-praise these magnificent trees.

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Near Urubici: views from a sanctuary; New York

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 Near Urubici: a view from a sanctuary I

oil on card, 15 x 16.5 cm - unavailable

Near Urubici: a views from a sanctuary II, oil on card, 12.5 x 14.5 cm  unavailable

Two more paintings from a recent trip. I like the one at the top: it has clean, subtle colours.

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I shall go to New York in June.

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A community near Urubici

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Unfinished houses, near Urubici, oil on card, 16 x 16.5 cm -  available

A community near Urubici, oil on card, 16 x 18 cm - available

Two from the weekend's trip to the mountains.

 It's a pity it rained so heavily today that I had to return early.

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Canto da Lagoa

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Canto da Lagoa, oil on card, 15.5 x 13.5 cm - unavailable

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Canasvieiras

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Canasvieras, solitary man, oil on card, 14 x 10.5 cm  sold

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