Flower

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A Flower

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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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Final day of the Pre-Christmas Sale

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This is the final day of the Pre-Christmas sale.

All the pictures labelled pochades are for sale. contact me in the next 24 hours if you are interested in obtaining any at the special reduced price of just 70 UK pounds each. 


Today's features selection is mainly from 2016 and includes some nice work from New York, Morocco and Peru.

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 Please contact me with any enquiries: Tadeusz598@yahoo.co.uk

 ...or call me on 0055 48 9967 3041. I am on Whatsup.

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 Cusco, a lane  oil on card, 12.5 x 11 cm 2016

 Flowering tree branches oil on card, 12.5 x 9 cm 2013

 A man walking in Santa Monica, 14 / 13.5 cm, oil on card 2012

 Trees, Hudson River Greenway, N. Y. Oil on card, 12.5  x 12.5 cm 2013

 Marrakesh, a yard oil on card, 13.5 x 16.5 cm 2014

This one (above) always makes me think of Philip Guston.

 Tree, Rua Linhares, Trindade, Florianopolis oil on card, 13 x 10.5 cm

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Ingleses, sea, late afternoon oil on card, 13.5 x 11.5 cm, 2016

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Pre-Christmas Sale- last week.

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Today`s selection comes from New York, Morocco, and southern Brazil

The price of the pochades is has been discounted by over 30% and is just 70 UK pounds. 

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 Please contact me with any enquiries: Tadeusz598@yahoo.co.uk

 ...or call me on 0055 48 9967 3041. I am on Whatsup.

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 Roses oil on card, 12.5 x 13 cm 2016

 Funeral parlour, near Metropolitan Avenue subway, Brooklyn

 oil on card,  19 x 18 cm 2015

 Rancho Queimado, a new settlement 12.5 x 14 cm 2013

 Valley, near Ouarzazate, oil on card, 18 x 15 cm, 2014

Rio Cubatão do Sul, Santo Amaro da Imperatriz oil on card, 11 x 14 cm 2014

Moçambique, December 17, 2015, oil on card, 15 x 15 cm

Rancho Queimado- view across hills oil on card, 12.5 x 13.5 cm

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Final week- Pre-Christmas Sale

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Today`s selection comes mostly from 2016, and Florianopolis, specifically the north of the island, notably Rio Vermelho, and Canasvierias.  But there are also excursions across the Bridge to Sao Jose, Morocco and Peru.

The price of the pochades is has been discounted by over 30% and is just 70 UK pounds. 

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 Please contact me with any enquiries: Tadeusz598@yahoo.co.uk

 ...or call me on 0055 48 9967 3041. I am on Whatsup.

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 Sao Jose, Houses on the River, oil on card, 16 x 11 cm, 2013

 View of a gorge, near Ouarzazate oil on card, 16 x 16 cm, 2012

 Praia Moçambique, fields, oil on card, 2016

 Cusco: shops downtown oil on card, 13 x 12 cm, 2016

 Canasvieiras, oil on card, 14 x 10.5 cm, 2016

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

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

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Payment and postage

Payment is by direct transfer or cheque to  my UK or Brazilian bank accounts, or via Paypal.

 Postage costs an additional 15 pounds for up to four items.

 Allow up to 21 days for pictures to arrive, though often they come within 10 days.

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Last week of the Pre-Christmas Sale

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Today's pre-Christmas Sale Selection includes several pieces with architectural subjects, from Glasgow,  New York, Florianopolis,  Valparaiso, Cusco and Rancho Queimado, a small town in the interior of Santa Catarina. There is also, by way of contraast, an expressionist picture of a forest.

Of the large cities I've worked in, New York is easily the best: people leave you in peace, it's fairly safe, they have an affable, no-nonsense culture and there is coffee everywhere. The architecture is fabulous- characterful and bold. It's stuffed with brilliant museums and has a vast, wonderful park slap bang in the middle. I'm so glad i'll be there in June. 

All these pictures are oil on card and were painted plein air. with the highest quality materials. 

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They are available at the reduced price of 70 UK pounds, a discount of over 30%.

 A bridge near Glasgow Green, 16 x 13 cm, 2015

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 Above 43rd Street, Queens, N.Y., 12 x 12 cm, 2013

 The neighbours` house, 115 x 14 cm, 2016

 Shops, Gra Bretagna, Valparaiso, 16 x 18 cm, 2016

 Cusco from near the tower, 95 x 12.5 cm, 2016

 Forest Mocambique, 175 x 13.5 cm, 2016

Rancho Queimado, houses, 14 x 12 cm, 2016

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Payment and postage

Payment is by direct transfer or cheque to  my UK or Brazilian bank accounts, or via Paypal.

 Postage costs an additional 15 pounds for up to four items.

 Allow up to 21 days for pictures to arrive, though often they come within 10 days.

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 Please contact me with any queries: Tadeusz598@yahoo.co.uk

 ...or call me on 0055 48 9967 3041. I am on Whatsup.

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