tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16898507397132994542024-03-17T18:05:18.013-07:00 Gatepost PicturesThe Blog of the John Simlett StudioGatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.comBlogger273125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-71677025901449378002023-12-18T05:04:00.000-08:002023-12-18T05:04:03.563-08:00Ave Des Gobelins<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><u>This replaces the post of 29 June 2023 which became corrupted - The Comments (David & John) were lost ...sorry!</u></i></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Just as you thought you'd seen the back of me ........</span></p><p><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I always get pulled back to my roots, and a building often needs to be drawn. This one caught me .... the ink is still wet. </span></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r9u:" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Number 2 the Avenue of Goblins Paris - as it looked in 1904</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkivbOnScqCVPC8aVsYSMElYIBNXio6WMn1FEzCGnlh77eewF-Czj7t4yaGZNwNl1XztCDpV0EMrsrCXR2xrNcvN6Xmd63JZMOXZj0dG62GHhpCzk-xDnbKM_k065BNEPiWA0BEif5hhN84v9T_yV_TgkEujRXnCVXOfJdJiKKT1jxf4SN01EhrqYOuQ/s1881/a%20maison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="1411" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkivbOnScqCVPC8aVsYSMElYIBNXio6WMn1FEzCGnlh77eewF-Czj7t4yaGZNwNl1XztCDpV0EMrsrCXR2xrNcvN6Xmd63JZMOXZj0dG62GHhpCzk-xDnbKM_k065BNEPiWA0BEif5hhN84v9T_yV_TgkEujRXnCVXOfJdJiKKT1jxf4SN01EhrqYOuQ/w480-h640/a%20maison.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-80677076122909711712023-12-18T04:08:00.000-08:002023-12-18T05:09:24.272-08:00As 2023 Stumbles OUT, I Stumble ON!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span>I don't suppose there are many who remember me as the prolific blogger, I doubt those that do will ever look in here...... BUT ... my life is very different now to how it used to be, and so here's an update for the few that might might peep in. xxx.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>My wife died just over 2 years ago, we were married 62 years, and it changed me considerably. Now, aged 86, </span><span>I go where the wind blows me ... at first I painted and drew day & night like a maniac. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>...the wind changed direction and </span><span>I fell into Forensic </span><span>Psychology and took a Masters of Science degree (MSc).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">...the wind changed and connected me to my childhood: At 15 years of age I became apprenticed for 5 years to be a Shipwright (Ship & boat builder) ... I have begun, and have almost finished, a Master of Arts degree (MA) with the University of Portsmouth, in Naval History.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If the wind stays in this direction I shall start a Doctorate (PhD) late 2024. I intend to write a thesis on a marshland that became Samuel Pepys's Dockyard, which in turn built a hamlet to accommodate the dockyard workers. Until then, the workers and their families lived in the Hulks of the old Ships of the Line of the Royal Navy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Hulks were loved by the workers, with street names, and 'house numbers'. Against their will they were moved to the wooden houses: the 'Blue Houses'...the houses grew to become a wooden town named Blue Town ... no electricity, water from a well, almost primitive, and here is where I grew up.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There is so little written about this particular history, that the two years for research will be fully utilised, and then a year to write. The only problem is!!!! I feel a slight change in the wind and am feeling the need to draw what I will be writing about! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Dockyard was closed in 1960. Blue Town expanded to become Sheerness and is more of a London suburb than a coastal town. So here we have the lifecycle of a dockyard and a way of life. Amen.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If I 'pop my clogs' before I finish, at least I will go out of this life loving what I am doing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">NOT MY ARTWORK</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi34rdynYLrIoyOu2N04uyo4PVP_PO2WJNaD3ewpKpwbIa_YwbkSgV0SS9J2X6BIXVlQBEW4R-z7bjdXu_kDDI9PJs8TXaymZbVKQmSclxzs7zZgsX_ThkKvwz5rOmennco19KJaeQcVPi7RCVjJwSf-cYSKuL0Q69xI7NGtWUg9AeaH6GfLZNNrI31gVQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="1040" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi34rdynYLrIoyOu2N04uyo4PVP_PO2WJNaD3ewpKpwbIa_YwbkSgV0SS9J2X6BIXVlQBEW4R-z7bjdXu_kDDI9PJs8TXaymZbVKQmSclxzs7zZgsX_ThkKvwz5rOmennco19KJaeQcVPi7RCVjJwSf-cYSKuL0Q69xI7NGtWUg9AeaH6GfLZNNrI31gVQ=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-88460005315632576372022-08-05T08:17:00.000-07:002022-08-05T08:17:00.080-07:00Busy, busy......BUSY<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I'm just not getting enough time to 'do' this blog, because I am really on a roll. I will just bring you up to speed as to where I am.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw a photo taken, I'm fairly sure, by Chuck Black, the American painter I so admire, and just had to paint it:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Patsy's Alpine Adventure</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudSfRMxlc6nc-TH-UTHqPMCrp34aXVGO2cKfRzJANw2T3f_JiOzHqvSGmUVS9zXHbt_hNYVvN9bc1Gbo5yPcKLiRDY7wEeEtv7geRGylcmJwFjA1SUcomMSgUp5EeS_rDiUaQhEA5Z2koBqBmX5d8Dqvw5mO9efbLas6mu5sORI5Z9Hq1HNU7DdQN/s1610/DSCN1314%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="1610" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudSfRMxlc6nc-TH-UTHqPMCrp34aXVGO2cKfRzJANw2T3f_JiOzHqvSGmUVS9zXHbt_hNYVvN9bc1Gbo5yPcKLiRDY7wEeEtv7geRGylcmJwFjA1SUcomMSgUp5EeS_rDiUaQhEA5Z2koBqBmX5d8Dqvw5mO9efbLas6mu5sORI5Z9Hq1HNU7DdQN/w640-h630/DSCN1314%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then I fell under the influence of Tobias Brenner, the German painter I also admire, and I painted:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>An Afterlife on an Ocean Wave</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3lhsB-s9nfVROcy-hTOWU7YIjZx8UzwOmnSNfQobf2jzDPNQWcEuoVh5dpP7y0sh-Is_8rqRC5ECBocfjP9qzd3wlLdp2yk4DflQrqV66zKU0qWhhJ_HrGtKiay6kguaZBgXAeo9YOa_ORrZcR-92IXPDY2k4P0bdEJJn1lm7SJJA85BIon8qA9D/s2272/DSCN1323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3lhsB-s9nfVROcy-hTOWU7YIjZx8UzwOmnSNfQobf2jzDPNQWcEuoVh5dpP7y0sh-Is_8rqRC5ECBocfjP9qzd3wlLdp2yk4DflQrqV66zKU0qWhhJ_HrGtKiay6kguaZBgXAeo9YOa_ORrZcR-92IXPDY2k4P0bdEJJn1lm7SJJA85BIon8qA9D/w640-h480/DSCN1323.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Then I fell under the influence of my eldest Australian Great-grandson, 'Topgun' (Logan) who wanted a painting of 'Among us red'????? After research, he got this:</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Among Us Red</i> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tBJUHBzVestTrYjtpv_RxLuuEKNrRDds9f_O6xyYJMCrwvuT_mEXsiahDZUjXgR9iSYcDLlFSG5Q6kq12mWhEdU1g7R-FfplidHVu4OcyeCef9XmOJBbjsEwfpOjnXePTqceBSjpn5c_d5ZUSSj6MWCWgXf0r6t9w08_mJ4-azUx_EVfI1nA1UN2/s2073/DSCN1326%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="1523" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tBJUHBzVestTrYjtpv_RxLuuEKNrRDds9f_O6xyYJMCrwvuT_mEXsiahDZUjXgR9iSYcDLlFSG5Q6kq12mWhEdU1g7R-FfplidHVu4OcyeCef9XmOJBbjsEwfpOjnXePTqceBSjpn5c_d5ZUSSj6MWCWgXf0r6t9w08_mJ4-azUx_EVfI1nA1UN2/w470-h640/DSCN1326%20(2).JPG" width="470" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next I saw a photograph of the 'Porthcawl Wave' by Nigel Waters, which I didn't copy but it gave me a steer.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zhiSnByvjyxPg64cm967TMHwannshL9esnroMogeU2aRUoSCXfj9bZe_r1Zgzd74wzheQvlckn4q7LBSvBDgnLDRvoRBtlIYlB0aXJJXOBvdpSarSWvhk4cSWSjnG7m9NpdE3MOaYtDzN4C8nwBeo5p4NX90AKQVx0ly0MHJoaozI9gy86pnFHKL/s2272/Rage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zhiSnByvjyxPg64cm967TMHwannshL9esnroMogeU2aRUoSCXfj9bZe_r1Zgzd74wzheQvlckn4q7LBSvBDgnLDRvoRBtlIYlB0aXJJXOBvdpSarSWvhk4cSWSjnG7m9NpdE3MOaYtDzN4C8nwBeo5p4NX90AKQVx0ly0MHJoaozI9gy86pnFHKL/w640-h480/Rage.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">So that's five paintings in four weeks ... plus ... I was invited to exhibit in London next </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">February!! I was flattered at the invite but turned it down as, at 84, I don't feel like shipping paintings and going to London at this stage in my career.</span></span><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-48693340476864180392022-07-13T07:16:00.000-07:002022-07-13T07:16:03.681-07:00CHAOS Continues and its effect on my portrait paining<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I have found that the relaxed process of chaos-drawing, has influenced my portrait painting. With portraits I attempt to <i>put</i> a likeness on to a surface, with 'chaos' I seek to <i>extract</i> a likeness from the chaotic surface.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">With a portrait I don't exactly use a grid but I position </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">certain features</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">, by measurement, specifically from centre lines I have drawn. This procedure does restrict and discipline the portrait painting. It's as if I don't trust myself to put the key-features in the correct place. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">With 'chaos', it is totally freehand and I don't even think about trusting my ability, in fact I don't even consider I may get it wrong because it doesn't matter. Here it becomes common to continue with the mistakes and accommodate and correct them as you go along.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOBl2WpWXFZrYlqSK3k9Zxu5wUIKkbxJz45surgez2ADRMnUpdeeF95QAdS7Ly7hbxNSYKMXul_rVCtOQXVIM3tgtrtc6R-GF2l9YQATx8l-Mv5eZdsJWMrfW6fo50RcjJd8i_xTf7---btRjt0ukw8yZE5hNdYwlUWMV9z48RoaPs3muKXnMPD0Z/s2272/DSCN1302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOBl2WpWXFZrYlqSK3k9Zxu5wUIKkbxJz45surgez2ADRMnUpdeeF95QAdS7Ly7hbxNSYKMXul_rVCtOQXVIM3tgtrtc6R-GF2l9YQATx8l-Mv5eZdsJWMrfW6fo50RcjJd8i_xTf7---btRjt0ukw8yZE5hNdYwlUWMV9z48RoaPs3muKXnMPD0Z/w640-h480/DSCN1302.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hadn't realised all this until my niece asked me to paint a </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">portrait of her husband's mum. She was quite a fantastic woman and a good friend, who died a few months ago aged 97.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The last portrait I painted was four-years ago, before I broke away from art to nurse my late wife. It therefore made sense to draw a portrait, before attempting to paint it: to try to get back into the swing of things. Consequently, I did a freehand charcoal sketch; the direct result of doing 'chaos'. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was quite pleased with the sketch, and this encouraged me to paint the portrait entirely freehand, which I did. (The flash of the camera has hidden the eyelashes on her right eye).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Madame Maachi was Algerian by the way, which reflects my cosmopolitan family ... we also have a Japanese, American and Australians ... not to mention English.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'Madam Maachi' Oil on Stretched Canvas </i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> 16 x 11 inches (400 x 280mm)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA4ukITFyR_71MtjlOq2syFyEUFM-hkbdeo35YIjpOz83vn2AAaU8GMRhsE6k_B0gMKrLPGK3RyArsSd6hzKI4qeSPzoMSBIOElcJcDyi9Dzta6Rrv0Wx5ySerXmG2z8IXfSFL2Gxx_BE8QVBzmxl7BcAoNuu_ocn3MrCoxh-oXAOjRk2ESKcHnBD/s2272/DSCN1312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyA4ukITFyR_71MtjlOq2syFyEUFM-hkbdeo35YIjpOz83vn2AAaU8GMRhsE6k_B0gMKrLPGK3RyArsSd6hzKI4qeSPzoMSBIOElcJcDyi9Dzta6Rrv0Wx5ySerXmG2z8IXfSFL2Gxx_BE8QVBzmxl7BcAoNuu_ocn3MrCoxh-oXAOjRk2ESKcHnBD/w640-h480/DSCN1312.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-55159809096726382622022-06-21T07:16:00.003-07:002022-06-21T07:20:58.809-07:00WHO SAID THERE IS NO JUSTICE?<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="color: #050505;">Bluetown.</span></u></b><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505;">In the 1940s, Bluetown, on the Isle-of-Sheppey, was ghetto-like: surrounded
by walls, cut off by a moat, with one road in and one out. The people of
Sheerness generally viewed Bluetown as a slum populated by a class of people
they distrusted. It was into this area that my family brought me to live as
World War Two was raging.</span><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505;">If Sheerness people of the 1940s had looked at
Bluetown on a bad day, they might have seen many buildings collapsing,
collapsed or in ruins, an abundance of pubs spewing hordes of drunken sailors,
gangs of ragged children, domestic violence, poverty, and despair.</span><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505;">However, if those people of the 1940s had looked at
Bluetown on a good day, they might have seen a small close-knit community with
its own church, school, police station, theatre, railway station and pier where
paddle steamers landed their passengers. They may have seen cobblers, grocers,
butchers, chandlers, hairdressers, bakers, laundry, collar factory, crisp
factory not to mention the <i>Magistrates Court. </i>If that wasn’t enough, Charles
Dickens had once lived there, and Lord Nelson had stayed at Bluetown’s grand
hotel, the ‘Fountain’.</span><span style="color: #050505;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Bluetown was all those things and more, for it lay
in the shadow of an army garrison and Samuel Pepys’s Naval Dockyard which
provided the main source of employment for the island and surrounding area.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So, as you can see, Bluetown was always a series of contradictions, not least in its architecture. On one hand were the ramshackle dwellings, whilst on the other, there were grand buildings such as the one we Bluetowners called, the Magistrates Court; more correctly, I’m assured, it was officially the County Court.</span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It was built, in 1852, opposite the now bricked up South Gate of the Dockyard, at a cost of £2000.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">One part of the court's history I loved, is that of the judge complaining about the noise made by the passing horses and carts as they trundled over the cobbled High Street. In response, the High Street was tarmacked. There are still a few cobbled areas left: the road between the 'Royal Fountain Hotel' and the 'Jolly Sailor' pub, for example</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">As a very poor and scruffy Bluetown boy, the Magistrates Court was a breath-taking wonder-of-the-world to me, which is why is features so high on my ‘drawing list’.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt0mPSLbxKWb5bQNuSy2fY95s8kkGOvZJk9eHdqHS_bu9iX4VS0wMIurYD9d8Ye85hN36YM_02YU_wfPymuuNltZyuGA4hC5ayc4wABlJ5amt30fs3nJ4K2onRziH7csGkneX6RAhEEh-cEvZlxZIVoa9GISQ0-wBR6RLQnstNr4iCBJFewKB63aV/s2128/DSCN1269%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2128" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt0mPSLbxKWb5bQNuSy2fY95s8kkGOvZJk9eHdqHS_bu9iX4VS0wMIurYD9d8Ye85hN36YM_02YU_wfPymuuNltZyuGA4hC5ayc4wABlJ5amt30fs3nJ4K2onRziH7csGkneX6RAhEEh-cEvZlxZIVoa9GISQ0-wBR6RLQnstNr4iCBJFewKB63aV/w640-h474/DSCN1269%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-64444149307836598192022-06-21T06:59:00.000-07:002022-06-21T06:59:07.671-07:00A BRIDGE TOO FAR<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.75px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "Old Ferry Bridge"</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">(John Simlett Pen & Ink)</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I recently put together a chapter about the time Patsy and I came back to Sheppey to celebrate our Golden Wedding Anniversary in 2009. We’d got married in 1959 and left the island shortly after, never suspecting we wouldn’t be coming back.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our adventures had led us a merry dance around the world, and our 25th move was here to the West Coast of Wales. On the way our kids and grandkids married - amongst others - a Japanese, an American, an Australian and a French Algerian … it was a complex journey from which we emerged a mixture of ‘The Mafia, the United Nations and, with all the great grandchildren… a Plague of Locusts,’</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Without really thinking about it, Patsy and I must have imagined Sheppey would stay frozen in time, waiting for us to come back, or at least have had the patience to remain largely unchanged. Wrong! When we arrived, not only had the old bridge gone, but so had the new bridge. Now we were faced with a road that vanished up into the clouds… ‘The Crossing’….The Twilight Zone?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">This chapter I have written came to mind when I was looking for old buildings I planned to draw or paint. With the drawing of the Rio and the Royal done, the old ferry bridge seemed a good place to restart, just as our visit had begun in 2009.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had loved the old cantankerous clanky bridge which, when it felt like it, joined road and rail to the mainland. It was a bit like the old currency and cricket: it was impossible for outsiders to understand and kept the world at a safe distance.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">When it was up, it was up.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">And when it was down, it was down.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">But when it was stuck halfway up …</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">… no bugger was going anywhere</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.75px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.75px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.75px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTRA94g0g3kGYzn6ZN71bKkhPuW-XDY0PbrqITGMpvl-UBG32XpuFSImJP1ap-BM0uQxAtia5zP_b-ZPPU4S98lklvJBTzcD7p83fMY_ymxu8iAVsVSksVJ5DQAejjwi9C1DRR5X3SalkJaT-lTAYXO-HXBLHm_KrH9iFCbHc7HmOb14QnTyXE62V/s2272/DSCN1264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTRA94g0g3kGYzn6ZN71bKkhPuW-XDY0PbrqITGMpvl-UBG32XpuFSImJP1ap-BM0uQxAtia5zP_b-ZPPU4S98lklvJBTzcD7p83fMY_ymxu8iAVsVSksVJ5DQAejjwi9C1DRR5X3SalkJaT-lTAYXO-HXBLHm_KrH9iFCbHc7HmOb14QnTyXE62V/w640-h480/DSCN1264.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 18.75px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 18.75px;"><br /></div></div>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-3339872292530740392022-06-21T05:02:00.000-07:002022-06-21T05:02:13.670-07:00CHAOS!!!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those that know me, realise that I only paint and draw in the Realist mode, <i>NEVER</i> impressionism or abstract. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have just seen this young chap drawing ‘Chaos Art’ and was fascinated by the whole process. I just HAD to have a go’ so I bought some compressed charcoal (soft) sticks, a kneadable eraser (feels like bread dough), charcoal pencils, and began drawing on cartridge paper.</span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">The idea is to scribble a chaotic mess, and then pull an image out of it using the tools that I have just listed. Here is my first attempt, took 1.5 hours.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCZMCf51FwiGsf9VQBfiH8HkoA6S7xlCV5nJlstJ1PReR2Lm4dp31dzpOr4Tis0xc9xAH5DgcIdSS9-poYopNFFkOz8GGjST3QPJ_EFOK2jIqfBxg9hQbijXnesPWDWeavXTgMfmrEDF0t3OyXF_s2htyYjXA_boJxt6Q0bDmZv2icFS7VneG2NIS/s2272/DSCN1282.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCZMCf51FwiGsf9VQBfiH8HkoA6S7xlCV5nJlstJ1PReR2Lm4dp31dzpOr4Tis0xc9xAH5DgcIdSS9-poYopNFFkOz8GGjST3QPJ_EFOK2jIqfBxg9hQbijXnesPWDWeavXTgMfmrEDF0t3OyXF_s2htyYjXA_boJxt6Q0bDmZv2icFS7VneG2NIS/s320/DSCN1282.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPVLFG4BBe7WMIDYH-FMkoyzdtqOsDMqFfkspqbVt8Byl_t8CQwGC37t_JQ5svWK6j_bXekOn0Mj33lQ2tQeLdDUHISB5Iz0b8l8wiNGDsdF5BOQuJYDiiIUZJVnya0_TPi48VLr94S5oDQS4ILO768A5WJLavQ18Xpf_7Wr48GGChzMmV45SumOq/s2272/DSCN1283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPVLFG4BBe7WMIDYH-FMkoyzdtqOsDMqFfkspqbVt8Byl_t8CQwGC37t_JQ5svWK6j_bXekOn0Mj33lQ2tQeLdDUHISB5Iz0b8l8wiNGDsdF5BOQuJYDiiIUZJVnya0_TPi48VLr94S5oDQS4ILO768A5WJLavQ18Xpf_7Wr48GGChzMmV45SumOq/s320/DSCN1283.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GEixdnhPk-hE11QI7sZpbKor_enYH9p-qyNsB4sq0yEiLspisNzELsLcJ5iWeDgRl93BEnzq9BV-OQbwXadqbsdDbgtKrx3qD29BdFNngcoRmla8585Mo83gWMun3iXpkuWjErFpESsOK5msUjq6-8kF59MVKXKkuDlgqScygIPuKW0jGUwIrJGu/s2272/DSCN1284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GEixdnhPk-hE11QI7sZpbKor_enYH9p-qyNsB4sq0yEiLspisNzELsLcJ5iWeDgRl93BEnzq9BV-OQbwXadqbsdDbgtKrx3qD29BdFNngcoRmla8585Mo83gWMun3iXpkuWjErFpESsOK5msUjq6-8kF59MVKXKkuDlgqScygIPuKW0jGUwIrJGu/s320/DSCN1284.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOo_kLosB25198nIC1cWZJRumOgB9y3odKqeTBWw9t--QrGfTXW0tKovbyz1DqDnC_jtVxOmoo8I-BSoT1j3D-FYTsKFzcBwT2zftJokOE6Euz0E5IjAa4phsIQ0NT92ipxAPs2NG0Fw0ryRMruH5-dFokXiXRqrs4TFjLhJc2hkGQ7VmZgk4ErRZr/s2272/DSCN1286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOo_kLosB25198nIC1cWZJRumOgB9y3odKqeTBWw9t--QrGfTXW0tKovbyz1DqDnC_jtVxOmoo8I-BSoT1j3D-FYTsKFzcBwT2zftJokOE6Euz0E5IjAa4phsIQ0NT92ipxAPs2NG0Fw0ryRMruH5-dFokXiXRqrs4TFjLhJc2hkGQ7VmZgk4ErRZr/s320/DSCN1286.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-dtS994I_O459GYfU2uWOOAszfGRMwkwBVvbRHq6pwrqGEt-O6xDBy4kSpo4Tcl1ghtaMl1QHkONYaRYC1tntyp4OV4jpDWcbq1y9YRyF5bexGUou3dduyQ-0QTmYG261vc3jPoB8wd3W_d47WrZtqAYcV26IGD74fhdnt7tEkWkgKPkl11DWTiC/s2272/DSCN1291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-dtS994I_O459GYfU2uWOOAszfGRMwkwBVvbRHq6pwrqGEt-O6xDBy4kSpo4Tcl1ghtaMl1QHkONYaRYC1tntyp4OV4jpDWcbq1y9YRyF5bexGUou3dduyQ-0QTmYG261vc3jPoB8wd3W_d47WrZtqAYcV26IGD74fhdnt7tEkWkgKPkl11DWTiC/w640-h480/DSCN1291.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I was totally </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">flabbergasted. I had a second go .... and out popped Adam Lambert (of </span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Queen') in 45 minutes.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_98u6QqNjcE9LDXG9Lw1MMa05MJbURZRLtoQi9T-iZv-J1uoEkEmjMxHUCynyQqNegoOQV14LrAkVDNnUbuGyRA1FQEYBqj1DiK3QzW09f8EUv2zL9CYcF43eUH7M2p3btabNHxwfwXvTtAk6DNRkhcHdAF-DgYOsSBrGh_bqNRllDOJZ3U2j_xJ/s2272/DSCN1295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_98u6QqNjcE9LDXG9Lw1MMa05MJbURZRLtoQi9T-iZv-J1uoEkEmjMxHUCynyQqNegoOQV14LrAkVDNnUbuGyRA1FQEYBqj1DiK3QzW09f8EUv2zL9CYcF43eUH7M2p3btabNHxwfwXvTtAk6DNRkhcHdAF-DgYOsSBrGh_bqNRllDOJZ3U2j_xJ/w640-h480/DSCN1295.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can't get my head around drawing these straight off, if you knew me you'd not quite understand how it happened.......</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> .......... at 84 I might have found another string to my <strike>brush</strike> pencil</span></div></div>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-6124391118328082712022-05-13T06:24:00.002-07:002022-05-13T06:24:48.408-07:00Local History The Rio and The Royal<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although I was born a Welshman, I grew up in Kent. When all the kids were being evacuated from Kent to Wales, to avoid the German Bombing during World War II, my parents moved me from Wales to Kent... and we got bombed!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In short, I grew up on the Isle-of-Sheppey and left, aged 21, in 1959. I didn't realise that I would never return there to live again. However, it was a great place to grow up and I still feel semi-rooted there and, latterly, I have kept in touch through a Facebook Group called, 'The Sheppey History Page'. Which turned out to be interesting, informative, very friendly and active.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can imagine it has a great deal of Memory Lane wanderings, despite the many generations spanned by the membership. One of the common concerns is the loss of many of the old buildings. I undertook to draw many of these demolished, and neglected, old buildings.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I began with the <i>Rio Cinema</i> and its neighbour the <i>Royal Hotel</i>. <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Victorian hotel was built in 1825 by Sir Edward Banks who also built parts of Sheerness Royal Dockyard and the London and Waterloo Bridges.</span></span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Sheerness Rio Cinema was designed by George Coles and opened in June 1937 and demolished in 1988. Although it only had a 51-year lifespan it became an iconic feature to the wartime generation and beyond, and is well worth commemorating.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Here they are:</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkA48NCrwLfIKY9jRN9iX-FFv-WMRzRLn1c4QfrCX8hH8BEhfcO9n3IbnfBNSBh1kx94R63zoRMcK7loKI3IahpgTVoeEMfMlPLN1jxfQtX9gqwksDpZUIURjuDzfKAz7EnG6_Mkl_PlwjZw2ynfaEcLQkOF_28-L5hAzCiCGqrBrBieA_U7e4dNt/s1988/278477650_2542240019240497_638979761259086810_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="1988" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkA48NCrwLfIKY9jRN9iX-FFv-WMRzRLn1c4QfrCX8hH8BEhfcO9n3IbnfBNSBh1kx94R63zoRMcK7loKI3IahpgTVoeEMfMlPLN1jxfQtX9gqwksDpZUIURjuDzfKAz7EnG6_Mkl_PlwjZw2ynfaEcLQkOF_28-L5hAzCiCGqrBrBieA_U7e4dNt/w640-h480/278477650_2542240019240497_638979761259086810_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-90891487247072084462022-05-13T00:47:00.003-07:002022-05-13T00:47:53.292-07:00The Society of Architectural Illustrators<p> <span style="font-size: large;">I never thought to mention that I have been elected to the Society of Architectural Illustrators. Amazed to join the ranks of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">such as Lord Foster. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNhRbPOZoVvZP66vbqwqlms-KLUSpJnu0Xd1hURYGCmT0b3_IsiWuooK8nMtiw7hP-hbYfcTms22495kMLpGJlZiZzsRXn70DXBrCe75sKkIG_DPSCFOOrfcSV4PWzFmZi6RAaShwE2Em-HQR6Iewh-EW0sNYvu1NV6QeRN2MnLKWwrrb9yndXmjd/s2272/DSCN1241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNhRbPOZoVvZP66vbqwqlms-KLUSpJnu0Xd1hURYGCmT0b3_IsiWuooK8nMtiw7hP-hbYfcTms22495kMLpGJlZiZzsRXn70DXBrCe75sKkIG_DPSCFOOrfcSV4PWzFmZi6RAaShwE2Em-HQR6Iewh-EW0sNYvu1NV6QeRN2MnLKWwrrb9yndXmjd/w640-h480/DSCN1241.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-61361982250751049582022-05-06T23:36:00.001-07:002022-05-06T23:36:54.177-07:00SIXTY YEARS ON!<p> We lived in Cologne in 1961 soon after we married. My diary informs me that I finished this drawing of Cologne Cathedral on this day, exactly 40 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHW3NWbaa31LS90C-SNsOyNwgs5JO6SYR12aad8u7s7r4L1DrBEhfAN_Uw7TmBEM44z4CoZQlXFnBlUZglbsBiKqJJW63EdMShAqo--vi5E2yZ_Dn_1cXZaFX_W3OWuSwwcmhZKHcqIjMxFbiagQAYmwHNkmLsCqrbGIBc6DKfGhTbfK_j6AkLBCi5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHW3NWbaa31LS90C-SNsOyNwgs5JO6SYR12aad8u7s7r4L1DrBEhfAN_Uw7TmBEM44z4CoZQlXFnBlUZglbsBiKqJJW63EdMShAqo--vi5E2yZ_Dn_1cXZaFX_W3OWuSwwcmhZKHcqIjMxFbiagQAYmwHNkmLsCqrbGIBc6DKfGhTbfK_j6AkLBCi5=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-52869248892614700922022-03-25T14:30:00.002-07:002022-03-25T14:30:54.225-07:00African Savanna<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ12zHQAEJV1lOaIL4xL8jmb_G3ylAOxz6beYeU7RJSyjLC5hnGPyL8OlCqRv95nWEneyAsn9EkZEXoEx5gixOBYaPr2VltvBu61BVjjWaEIjcjxWGz-CX7gdvGazZ_jUuz7LH4u7izHIzr6gKD83HZhQiupkdDxq2nAVm6R1lnK0VcFyEBtKnTjQS/s2686/me%20and%20africa%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="2686" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ12zHQAEJV1lOaIL4xL8jmb_G3ylAOxz6beYeU7RJSyjLC5hnGPyL8OlCqRv95nWEneyAsn9EkZEXoEx5gixOBYaPr2VltvBu61BVjjWaEIjcjxWGz-CX7gdvGazZ_jUuz7LH4u7izHIzr6gKD83HZhQiupkdDxq2nAVm6R1lnK0VcFyEBtKnTjQS/w640-h342/me%20and%20africa%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Oil on Stretched Cotton Canvas<p></p><p><br /></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-20967948428011229012022-03-18T02:43:00.002-07:002022-03-18T02:43:39.425-07:00First Seascape<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is more of a ‘study’ than a finished painting, which is why I used acrylics. I haven’t painted water, seascapes before. </span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here’s what I take from it: </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">(1) It gives me a good starting position for the next seascape, I have learnt the basics of the technique. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.75px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnQ3dS9wmlzhh9EqdaO3bvkV6TatuI2SnryU_wC2-fwieZ87cXxD2lOPHHIxSiRYyf24LaUa1P56fSUd1Ook9e6y2dJqGw0hOK7fS_OVm03MXsTpsb1mNNxyZTBDiaVIL4qMZ5qB0mcd6nq340SFui1VXj11mefp4enfv3PCsp1GaSNgtwkEE_48zG=s1990" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="1616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnQ3dS9wmlzhh9EqdaO3bvkV6TatuI2SnryU_wC2-fwieZ87cXxD2lOPHHIxSiRYyf24LaUa1P56fSUd1Ook9e6y2dJqGw0hOK7fS_OVm03MXsTpsb1mNNxyZTBDiaVIL4qMZ5qB0mcd6nq340SFui1VXj11mefp4enfv3PCsp1GaSNgtwkEE_48zG=w520-h640" width="520" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.75px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.75px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(2)I need a flatter surface than cotton canvas which is too coarse for the finer detail. A flat board with a fine linen canvas glued to it and three coats of Gesso would take the detail in oils</div>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-66924675159697119912022-03-14T06:52:00.001-07:002022-03-25T14:27:46.078-07:00Montana and Bighorn Sheep<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvZeKX6tj2L3QCoakHXx0gkU7oJgXHmKudRwR11nxYGNqukQDqHqmypEdaEYdG-ZHBBfUEmlNMDMsQjFiHlC8vT9VPPq0p7WpmkTAhCAPLX-MNA8Hz-dOgM6qTBLZaAOiNpq40jb8rQ4Ox9gzvof73J76BgPf4X6cnl3q44V3UOvrRkBlAx5YrvbW/s2787/me%20and%20montana%20sheep%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1709" data-original-width="2787" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvZeKX6tj2L3QCoakHXx0gkU7oJgXHmKudRwR11nxYGNqukQDqHqmypEdaEYdG-ZHBBfUEmlNMDMsQjFiHlC8vT9VPPq0p7WpmkTAhCAPLX-MNA8Hz-dOgM6qTBLZaAOiNpq40jb8rQ4Ox9gzvof73J76BgPf4X6cnl3q44V3UOvrRkBlAx5YrvbW/w640-h392/me%20and%20montana%20sheep%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKnk2o0Ha2Alh9KPawh7W-Jpnoz7HfZtum3DgbhggxNWlur6piT5P8UgpD58UQtYKQ_XK8b69ZFyhiZS3whtlxLLJZ9LP5NRtlLh-aIj4VzUJt5X44ZXtMk4cdDArH7Qz8OL2tAb7eInvIen_Wip8e6F-ngyQCnujbo-haF4VPrDKF603BFRxkHOYC=s2272" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKnk2o0Ha2Alh9KPawh7W-Jpnoz7HfZtum3DgbhggxNWlur6piT5P8UgpD58UQtYKQ_XK8b69ZFyhiZS3whtlxLLJZ9LP5NRtlLh-aIj4VzUJt5X44ZXtMk4cdDArH7Qz8OL2tAb7eInvIen_Wip8e6F-ngyQCnujbo-haF4VPrDKF603BFRxkHOYC=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-2587458039317627822022-03-02T06:37:00.000-08:002022-03-02T06:37:40.172-08:00THE AFTER LIFE ADVENTURES<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">THE J & P AFTER LIFE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adventure Stories<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Adventure 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Patsy’s …… M O N T A N A<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A D V E N T U R E<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">As you can see, Patsy chose to go mountaineering
in Montana … <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the US State of the ‘Big
Skies’ … for her first adventure. Naturally, the painting is called, ‘Patsy in
Montana’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have included a separate photograph of me
with the painting: to give you an idea of its size. It’s on a 30 x 40 inch Stretched
Cotton Canvas and painted in oils.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is my second ever Landscape, and I
really enjoyed it. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7SdyzpR18gMB3mwzJLAYRyPCwLbuHJrlqqIvS2RDPsvsjHDSiqHypdPfdKDy6KKIPHhhbL8PCbHRXcDKWbr3JYX8EaFiY3T15GIcmR0Mprcu4ZXt-LGDft6mwq_Nf7aqW94a0uorJbkUEBZCay462SZmiN5bLCyU5LPtBpnlPURZlWt66nlTfyH4B=s2272" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7SdyzpR18gMB3mwzJLAYRyPCwLbuHJrlqqIvS2RDPsvsjHDSiqHypdPfdKDy6KKIPHhhbL8PCbHRXcDKWbr3JYX8EaFiY3T15GIcmR0Mprcu4ZXt-LGDft6mwq_Nf7aqW94a0uorJbkUEBZCay462SZmiN5bLCyU5LPtBpnlPURZlWt66nlTfyH4B=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv45vubTEMcmrVb2MeaSxYZ2imBAGJ-LCzjfVb3ii-yqfsPV70IaqBW0vKwakQ11FSHhKP1wHweiLchKa4TMjWOWW4MLAXcCzXqCAGqnwQyz-sstJ5hUYE4Dx197Ht9Z6u1VL5ifM32khdJ3I2FUwS8TtnIWvOaleYRTDpfCvocWvnf-JMrBGmJPAx=s2272" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv45vubTEMcmrVb2MeaSxYZ2imBAGJ-LCzjfVb3ii-yqfsPV70IaqBW0vKwakQ11FSHhKP1wHweiLchKa4TMjWOWW4MLAXcCzXqCAGqnwQyz-sstJ5hUYE4Dx197Ht9Z6u1VL5ifM32khdJ3I2FUwS8TtnIWvOaleYRTDpfCvocWvnf-JMrBGmJPAx=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHNkLMzqRurFt4XCqX5xVmAUGWeko6lPHfeCJ-ffFevqBDSz8o9iSFTYPUyeLoqsOXo5lC_2hJ-b25NpM1zwincReQn04frEkCSz6XmeuNSpcoCb4ZEuqFQNNnBBkswAkdGU2qv7Z6gnTuRWJDEKoG38o8AcgrDsf3wN0GvvVOjlHeHwfd7BMnVIsc=s2177" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="2177" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHNkLMzqRurFt4XCqX5xVmAUGWeko6lPHfeCJ-ffFevqBDSz8o9iSFTYPUyeLoqsOXo5lC_2hJ-b25NpM1zwincReQn04frEkCSz6XmeuNSpcoCb4ZEuqFQNNnBBkswAkdGU2qv7Z6gnTuRWJDEKoG38o8AcgrDsf3wN0GvvVOjlHeHwfd7BMnVIsc=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihwrcb3L-cAHgxjpPQteasJyguP31Mtj_vmGuc2_Cd15LFNo46mmdcuc2J2iXJcJmxWchPRmGlhCTci6EcNpe1C5Q6QHFaDT07NzerjhnY1jZdPVbWNGAIU_zqvZJS2CUmqcVOkzwMTl3IncJvTWRxzRZJfWDCk6_RlKT6OXYNCw3k3A9TfzHLn_Hq=s2272" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihwrcb3L-cAHgxjpPQteasJyguP31Mtj_vmGuc2_Cd15LFNo46mmdcuc2J2iXJcJmxWchPRmGlhCTci6EcNpe1C5Q6QHFaDT07NzerjhnY1jZdPVbWNGAIU_zqvZJS2CUmqcVOkzwMTl3IncJvTWRxzRZJfWDCk6_RlKT6OXYNCw3k3A9TfzHLn_Hq=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span><o:p></o:p><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-35313246274944378582022-02-28T10:55:00.001-08:002022-03-15T06:16:43.959-07:00UNUSUAL FIND<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I have today been sorting out the chaos that is/was my studio. In one drawer was an empty carrier bag which I nearly threw away, but first glanced in to find the ‘original’ of the first artistic Pen & Ink drawing I ever did.</span><p></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">The scene is of Cothele House in Cornwall, and I see it is signed Oct 1979. I thought I had drawn it when I was in Germany. However, the last flight from the UK I made was to New York and return with Mrs. Thatcher (according to my Flying Logbook), in December 1979. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can only conclude that, I knew I was going to Germany in the January 1980, and that I was going to start pen & ink drawing as a hobby. In preparation I bought some pens. I had thought I would try my hand, and used the cover of a National Trust bag as a reference.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Interesting, for me anyway, is that most of the shading lines (hatching) in my drawing are vertical. Thereafter, I invented my own system, or so I thought. Later, my stuff was printed by a very old and traditional printers in Roermond, Holland. They informed me that the liked my style as it was the way the Dutch artists drew a century before. They were pleased and I was flattered.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsPd7B8bAer2oUkeW3SghEy2RV6rPVYCF9mT_sue99-BYwivqdOlWckxEjsKPU-4i5pu7RI8sUr6P95nC1TR_EU3uNAaIbs1J5IU5HsKSwki5g64J2T7hRBp4mY71qM1RxJPcBbx9FHvUFdCUZ4Tk_R3oHZxxjy-_97kKhdAHke1ixYPK2ck8oNZiN=s2272" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsPd7B8bAer2oUkeW3SghEy2RV6rPVYCF9mT_sue99-BYwivqdOlWckxEjsKPU-4i5pu7RI8sUr6P95nC1TR_EU3uNAaIbs1J5IU5HsKSwki5g64J2T7hRBp4mY71qM1RxJPcBbx9FHvUFdCUZ4Tk_R3oHZxxjy-_97kKhdAHke1ixYPK2ck8oNZiN=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-47320164940125120372022-02-22T05:27:00.001-08:002022-02-22T05:27:35.175-08:00AUSTRIA<p><span style="font-size: large;"> This one is for two dear friends who came to Austria with Patsy and I in 2015</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1ukUItGaSQL6QdItHnWvUnSLyRm_WtRng1KZcqTRfrqtLbiM7WmSSnpvO3pUDkwHiDrFKEgq33-7uFxT_UBXD_f2LDw48UIYceW8C8QyWSjOmD9XIOWZbCHANplgVgVuHTbnjuyDsu9LVOUghOa30yeVK8SIln7PMROtlhF9xLm5bNDyxG6jDXK47=s1932" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1577" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1ukUItGaSQL6QdItHnWvUnSLyRm_WtRng1KZcqTRfrqtLbiM7WmSSnpvO3pUDkwHiDrFKEgq33-7uFxT_UBXD_f2LDw48UIYceW8C8QyWSjOmD9XIOWZbCHANplgVgVuHTbnjuyDsu9LVOUghOa30yeVK8SIln7PMROtlhF9xLm5bNDyxG6jDXK47=w522-h640" width="522" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-61987301159491528342022-02-14T12:25:00.003-08:002022-02-15T08:34:43.410-08:00FIRST LANDSCAPE _ FINISHED<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMu3vMq2LfsuopDP4nM-lCyyzM984BnbEKMuzA7nUO0OogFUc5ABjT5XeVo71TnGkGZWJFJCkicVIB8uPniRYyiQZBO2DGEvJpK5cHAuDDOYLjYHIQs1nBRuhLHOLcr4GdbZZwR1rA7b2SbdcaBkdGMXRD8qj7_HZXX4uAZkhDlYfCe5jObALyWW4e=s2214" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2214" data-original-width="1649" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMu3vMq2LfsuopDP4nM-lCyyzM984BnbEKMuzA7nUO0OogFUc5ABjT5XeVo71TnGkGZWJFJCkicVIB8uPniRYyiQZBO2DGEvJpK5cHAuDDOYLjYHIQs1nBRuhLHOLcr4GdbZZwR1rA7b2SbdcaBkdGMXRD8qj7_HZXX4uAZkhDlYfCe5jObALyWW4e=w476-h640" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNWRMx6pdftpcmvvFA_UV5Ll5L14EZxIyakL9sp6FpKgz5YHZIaS2nqovhIjzmLPdR4bmPo9xJdiBatPU2D5ZVJfl4iVonEvkw3eM2ThNKmYIqdsF_IHv9I8ZNznbrZ0P1fK49EDMDxYx1HQBSOKDzzUm1ERBz1CctA9q9c-5Fg-Q_n9FiUHg82NRP=s1734" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNWRMx6pdftpcmvvFA_UV5Ll5L14EZxIyakL9sp6FpKgz5YHZIaS2nqovhIjzmLPdR4bmPo9xJdiBatPU2D5ZVJfl4iVonEvkw3eM2ThNKmYIqdsF_IHv9I8ZNznbrZ0P1fK49EDMDxYx1HQBSOKDzzUm1ERBz1CctA9q9c-5Fg-Q_n9FiUHg82NRP=w478-h640" width="478" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-61447386111451432342022-02-12T03:53:00.000-08:002022-02-12T03:53:02.567-08:00FIRST LANDSCAPE ... Enter the Train<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm really enjoying the freedom of landscape painting: no need for 'deadly accuracy'. I'm used to spending over a hundred hours of exactness on my larger Pen & Ink. Also portraiture calls for exact likeness.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although the train calls for Pen & Ink accuracy, it's not too demanding.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">aide</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">mémoire: The canvas is 70 x 50 cms (27.5 x 20 inches approx) </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe6cdBcHTR_pDz89MVuQ8CQRcIAiIoIOn2QpqdhS6hZdU1AicD2XFsfhJpr6pQIj8g6Xx0Z0L80lgIR00lHxGF6YQhcGZCZ2TLsxsdCYl0IHJRy1EacNsBs4DjPv2t_0qtI3hna6b2j9fo5D9pCmnX-c_gjJlvkXS685xlNWklZOI_12y-7Hk464dA=s2247" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="1613" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe6cdBcHTR_pDz89MVuQ8CQRcIAiIoIOn2QpqdhS6hZdU1AicD2XFsfhJpr6pQIj8g6Xx0Z0L80lgIR00lHxGF6YQhcGZCZ2TLsxsdCYl0IHJRy1EacNsBs4DjPv2t_0qtI3hna6b2j9fo5D9pCmnX-c_gjJlvkXS685xlNWklZOI_12y-7Hk464dA=w460-h640" width="460" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-7031457911761651192022-02-10T01:22:00.000-08:002022-02-10T01:22:39.311-08:00FIRST LANDSCAPE 2<p><span style="font-size: large;">A quick update. Just starting to draw the train in pencil at the bottom.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5WUqrD3XDGQR2BtL-OyXkI8_IbVm5m-aMSgUxVkdT0-ptanm_iueJjQ8AtDqlMHBZ3SO5LPSolt0Z5eS17nTKsFBa8MybWBkElqEB0hyXT7T9ARRYh01yLFLKN8NpbGIYm0ifaAXlPqzwxsypc58uoX1sIxSiXobelDWwYWj0vxYwRWTO5YEXtUx0=s2060" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1514" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5WUqrD3XDGQR2BtL-OyXkI8_IbVm5m-aMSgUxVkdT0-ptanm_iueJjQ8AtDqlMHBZ3SO5LPSolt0Z5eS17nTKsFBa8MybWBkElqEB0hyXT7T9ARRYh01yLFLKN8NpbGIYm0ifaAXlPqzwxsypc58uoX1sIxSiXobelDWwYWj0vxYwRWTO5YEXtUx0=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-81701390274187348362022-02-09T01:44:00.000-08:002022-02-09T01:44:18.268-08:00MY FIRST EVER LANDSCAPE<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have never painted landscapes before but focused mostly on portraits and still life. </span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Mountain Landscape Painting I’m starting, has happened by chance. I was looking for a great photo of a steam train to paint … I found one. Now the one I found had no information with it, so I searched for a matching photo with text. I found many similar but not the same.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">I turned to videos and found what looked like a match and so I played it. It was an exact fit. The video starts a little roughly, but it turned out to be so good that I sat mesmerized from start to finish. It’s well worth watching.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ww0_-j1CJc</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just to round off the story, my daughter Louise is married to Carl who hails from Colorado (originally from Chicago). He has travelled on this train and took his sons when they were boys!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOYGF7OQfD7a1nCi-sLbDNyX7kP3rHfsJ0aJiHkhbEw7zvJTMHoDxe71-206GacJL6m-lYsLeei6zwuYc-zAbdku8B2KpU_6Zv6lnusft5nj6eo1Qo7L0IK6S0QSoqVBo650QH7AKQot1q36HkXQo9lGDX_XDxKi1-Pg0EGfqR8V-J7kXz8Sg9YJoD=s2062" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2062" data-original-width="1517" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOYGF7OQfD7a1nCi-sLbDNyX7kP3rHfsJ0aJiHkhbEw7zvJTMHoDxe71-206GacJL6m-lYsLeei6zwuYc-zAbdku8B2KpU_6Zv6lnusft5nj6eo1Qo7L0IK6S0QSoqVBo650QH7AKQot1q36HkXQo9lGDX_XDxKi1-Pg0EGfqR8V-J7kXz8Sg9YJoD=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Durango & Silverton Railroad, Colorado<br />Acrylic on Stretched Canvas<br />(27 x 20 inches)</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Believe it or not, this is a Railway Train (Railroad Locomotive) painting.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Zephyrinus can you email me please, I lost your contact details in a computer mix-up.</span></div></div>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-21783583855533293252022-02-04T03:06:00.000-08:002022-02-04T03:06:48.796-08:00SSSSsssteam Heat!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">What a battle, that smoke and steam have given me....</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">At last this painting is finished, it's about 70% of where I was trying to get to. The strange lighting in the reference photograph works because we know it is a photograph. Trying to replicate it on a large canvas, with my limited abilities, moved from too bright to too dark via a canvas of mud.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">To finish it off I've got flash reflection off the front of the engine - makes it look much too light. I'm really going to take photography more seriously.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0syKA0IurYP2kqn418Ty4tJugHsq0WZIlCsMARj94j33zF9lfbiHxXbopanzv9xMNK5v7QsmLndkrXhw73GYZdoHGzDNp03ABPj7tRmqAsMAKJQ_LARHPxM-f2FmPdxN8gQmyx2mtRrVyiUhEJ040Si5eLQEdCpIj32x2kKfUQNQNuWGKCurxUdKJ=s2017" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2017" data-original-width="1482" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0syKA0IurYP2kqn418Ty4tJugHsq0WZIlCsMARj94j33zF9lfbiHxXbopanzv9xMNK5v7QsmLndkrXhw73GYZdoHGzDNp03ABPj7tRmqAsMAKJQ_LARHPxM-f2FmPdxN8gQmyx2mtRrVyiUhEJ040Si5eLQEdCpIj32x2kKfUQNQNuWGKCurxUdKJ=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Having said all that, it has really got me back into painting: I could feel the brush beginning to take over instead of me pushing it stiffly about.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I feel I have moved a little closer to rehabilitation after a two year break.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-17026569549871954002022-01-29T05:13:00.000-08:002022-01-29T05:13:03.775-08:00Trying to Stage a Comeback<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hope you read this David Z.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm trying to get back into art after two + traumatic years. I started by reviewing my records:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">I have a
registry of my paintings which I was updating today and noticed that number 61
was blank. It drove me mad searching for which painting No 61could be. Then I remembered that I have this blog, and
there it was: No 61’Vintage Steam Train’ Dec 2016. ……… It is unfinished!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So why is an
unfinished work registered as 61? Because I am a Virgo and need my art registered
in date sequence so I can assess my progress. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">So why is it
unfinished? Because life is short and I’m always champing-at-the-bit to get on
with loads of other exciting projects … and I knew I could get back to all that
smoke and steam later. The train was the exciting bit, the steam less so.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">It’s a big canvas
80 x 60 cms (32 x 24 inches) …. I’ll have to finish now.</span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid3zf-3sX5oBHjVbwxQFr2l8WJdP4K5RrfUl0ntae9WEh1tpOqDMiC6ua6z9-cXO6Eo4jRu46u8_Y6jDbjHyajn1emiOWwu8jFdlQ1cIqapNwMEh2lF0KqDJHh28eQgy_944EYnqogzP-JAZTK7-9NzmzJejFYAS5V83W2kjBJEEYsNf-pwQpY14QD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid3zf-3sX5oBHjVbwxQFr2l8WJdP4K5RrfUl0ntae9WEh1tpOqDMiC6ua6z9-cXO6Eo4jRu46u8_Y6jDbjHyajn1emiOWwu8jFdlQ1cIqapNwMEh2lF0KqDJHh28eQgy_944EYnqogzP-JAZTK7-9NzmzJejFYAS5V83W2kjBJEEYsNf-pwQpY14QD=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-46264093787365644842022-01-17T01:33:00.000-08:002022-01-17T01:33:43.572-08:00Hi<p> My wife was very ill for two years, and I nursed her day and night.</p><p>She died on the 3rd November 2021. We had been married 62 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure where life goes from here.</p>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-71407889266024064152020-11-20T05:47:00.002-08:002020-11-20T05:50:52.458-08:00Now, Where Were We Before I got Interrupted?<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">I haven't posted on here for two years ... life just got in the way.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I haven't been painting or drawing but I have been busy building my boat, <i>Seagull, </i>and lots of other things too. You might recall I built myself a workshop (see picture)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxbYOhB6i54D1_5Q66iahjUe9zwh4rbnMpqmnLgSqD8oz4EpGpo_IB2phDywKHwJaZLQxuM6kV14aBkgLpZdfdZoPyh1dH6Pm4rkGPolAW7DIgZEONkjU4hKzf75yJjjEcTplqqnVbvE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxbYOhB6i54D1_5Q66iahjUe9zwh4rbnMpqmnLgSqD8oz4EpGpo_IB2phDywKHwJaZLQxuM6kV14aBkgLpZdfdZoPyh1dH6Pm4rkGPolAW7DIgZEONkjU4hKzf75yJjjEcTplqqnVbvE/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br />There are two doors into the workshop, the one on the left led into a small room for keeping our garden tools: a 'potting shed'. I decided that I want to build a boat in the workshop and needed all the space I could get, and so I removed the little room. I then built a 'potting shed' around the back of the workshop. It now has a door as well.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5oQWmVdRBd5C_9qSMjrc_RxPPHoa23SL8SFPfbnTxX2wvHJMAFWS_iiAxvf2D3VBu0uDC0aMNVR9erCUHYb8R2lQ-ykSRUiXMC-uIgOa-l5DgUP4jjfvMcgAz-_XhbNXN1VaddLkj14/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5oQWmVdRBd5C_9qSMjrc_RxPPHoa23SL8SFPfbnTxX2wvHJMAFWS_iiAxvf2D3VBu0uDC0aMNVR9erCUHYb8R2lQ-ykSRUiXMC-uIgOa-l5DgUP4jjfvMcgAz-_XhbNXN1VaddLkj14/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />The Potting Shed was the first of my Covid 19 lockdown projects.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The second of my lockdown projects was to make a Welsh dresser in African Mahogany (Utile). First I designed it and worked out the materials I would need, and ordered them.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpcy3EhhGXGS5iJbKJwslha6f4Kc081wMUx11buodX_DdZBOkJh79QfiGRfDi-a1RE6uhTXHDMlrgtFGUEwzRcspdOf2uILqc3WSdukTBrFnL6f32MWPUGgUdkWRtgMXRZjyRtK6F_Bo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpcy3EhhGXGS5iJbKJwslha6f4Kc081wMUx11buodX_DdZBOkJh79QfiGRfDi-a1RE6uhTXHDMlrgtFGUEwzRcspdOf2uILqc3WSdukTBrFnL6f32MWPUGgUdkWRtgMXRZjyRtK6F_Bo/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />The materials arrived and I went to work.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjnmeJ4e-Fp6DetGlu_RWpxBs7rh3qYAJ0nimrjXBOmetg7R8MQL137QGvgzUikG7eQnBfRu1STnWmua8hrIcnGLpHbrRX4Me6oqJmVqLpy-Q9kUJWy1Bkfpt-GBpgEPrFmWtQNBSEG0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjnmeJ4e-Fp6DetGlu_RWpxBs7rh3qYAJ0nimrjXBOmetg7R8MQL137QGvgzUikG7eQnBfRu1STnWmua8hrIcnGLpHbrRX4Me6oqJmVqLpy-Q9kUJWy1Bkfpt-GBpgEPrFmWtQNBSEG0/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">In addition, I have to write two books: one on boatbuilding in the 1950s, and the other the story of the town I grew up in, that has all but vanished theses days but which began its days with the population living on the hulks of sailing ships.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It looks something like the picture below.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJTAjeCDRLU0Mpa_qFHl8XB99inCFi7LDn502UpdmSfkOF4nDEZ6enKsKHg9KKG5kPDsWgs_j8-fRtTfWp8mwrZDRas9Ja2NBUvSVA7pk6jxkYAnlzf6avsqusr9pFRVVAEWVrQIPG8w/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="640" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJTAjeCDRLU0Mpa_qFHl8XB99inCFi7LDn502UpdmSfkOF4nDEZ6enKsKHg9KKG5kPDsWgs_j8-fRtTfWp8mwrZDRas9Ja2NBUvSVA7pk6jxkYAnlzf6avsqusr9pFRVVAEWVrQIPG8w/w640-h358/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />The kayak is named for my two Australian great grandsons, Logan and Koby: <i>LoKo</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkntCbUK2CfaDlTHjhlFGTIMJ0qtjDfvjlU020ryDx4wXh2d16DUfR1OiSYabVktyMbEWoWz5G8OZho0nh-nPNQkSZwcLHj3FSqhd9UHFtsnk3UZ5ndWsPCz8VX9H3_xe2z-J3O17MAFQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkntCbUK2CfaDlTHjhlFGTIMJ0qtjDfvjlU020ryDx4wXh2d16DUfR1OiSYabVktyMbEWoWz5G8OZho0nh-nPNQkSZwcLHj3FSqhd9UHFtsnk3UZ5ndWsPCz8VX9H3_xe2z-J3O17MAFQ/w427-h640/image.png" width="427" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUq0pCDMvq6Qqx6QGbT1TZp8Pkm8fzsIfFwyhBtRc7gm8avXovi4KBD0fZ3svz30l8Z7hy17GPahwTxnrVdA9q-dwk_Wgw1KGz7UzXLdeua8w-AiKDVL3npI9BjA6hP2E1wci1bimLMRY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUq0pCDMvq6Qqx6QGbT1TZp8Pkm8fzsIfFwyhBtRc7gm8avXovi4KBD0fZ3svz30l8Z7hy17GPahwTxnrVdA9q-dwk_Wgw1KGz7UzXLdeua8w-AiKDVL3npI9BjA6hP2E1wci1bimLMRY/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div>Gatepost productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061920423331681586noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689850739713299454.post-2466500474190577202018-07-17T08:38:00.001-07:002018-07-17T08:38:31.695-07:00Showing Your Artwork<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For this idea I am </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in debt to Mary Maxam <a href="https://marymaxam.blogspot.com/">(Link to her Blog Here)</a></span></div>
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