Posted on July 2, 2009 by Chris
Time for some more Hudson River Paintings…..First one shows a distant view of a Majestic Mountain.
A pleasant scene with trees sublime nature influences.
Back to rather majestic and grand Mountains. Wonderfull
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Posted on May 23, 2009 by Chris
I think the sketchcast idea will work with the link, anway I am hooked at the moment!!!
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Posted on May 8, 2009 by Chris
The photo is of my Mountains Mainly exhibition at The Chaplincey House, Portsmouth, Nuffield House Portsmouth.
It is on for another week.
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Posted on April 30, 2009 by Chris
Mountains have always inspired me, from the first time I stayed in a small mountain village in the Dolomite s in 1999, and in later years, a tour by coach of some Swiss mountains , including a train journey on the famous Glacier Express and a trip to Norway, which included a train trip [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2009 by Chris
Image by Gerben Pul via Flickr
Came across this photo taken during a trip to California.
It is of Yosemite a truly wonderful magical place. Go there if you have the chance
Have to add the larger photo is mine is mine the rest from Zemanta
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Posted on April 5, 2009 by Chris
I was surprised to discover this image whilst browsing this collection of Turner’s paintings at The National Galleries of Scotland.
Turner never did go to the Himalayas! He based this painting on a sketch h made by someone else a Lieutenant George Francis White.
This is a good example of how Turner used his experience e of [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2009 by Chris
Been Photoshoping again!
Have been fiddling with Photoshop this time the large Mounyain painting, do not worry the original is still the same but this looks a bit Walt Disney to my eye he was a artist in his own right of course and some of the background work on The Jungle Book for instance [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2009 by Chris
…and finally on the way to the station these workmen are painting the Guildhall Clock or cleaning it in readiness for the clock to work again along with bells that have now been repaired and are due to be heard soon
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