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Category Archives: Other people’s work
Using Millais as a Reference
There’s nothing like building upon the foundations built by giants to make certain that your own work is of better quality. At the Getty we visited some of my favorite paintings (Alma-Tadema’s “Spring”, a lovely Sargent portrait, a pair of … Continue reading
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Postmodernism is officially dead? Article
I’ve just finished reading this fascinating article about a retrospective of post modern art at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. My friend Michael Adams commented that the article really helps to put the New Romantic Figure exhibit into … Continue reading
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Star Newspaper Article
The Star have put an article about the New Romantic Figure exhibit and the resurgence of contemporary figure painting into the paper. Good stuff. Please will you visit the article online and recommend it on the Facebook link at the bottom … Continue reading
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Video from the New Romantic Figure Exhibit
Here’s a neat video with interviews and commentary from the artists in the New Romantic Figure exhibit.
Posted in Exhibits, Novorealist, Other people's work, Soapbox
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New Romantic Figure Opening Reception
Opening reception for The New Romantic Figure exhibit at the Kwan Fong Gallery on California Lutheran University’s Thousand Oaks campus. The reception was a great success, with a nice turnout of visitors, friends and of course the company of this … Continue reading
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This is why.
My wonderful partner presented me a truly gorgeous two volume catalogue raissone of the work of William Bouguereau. It’s a magnificent work, with literally hundreds of beautiful colour plates of the artist’s fantastic paintings. Being a bit of a sentimental … Continue reading
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The New Romantic Figure Paintings – The Queen of Cups, The Star
 I’m very pleased to publish these two pictures of The Queen of Cups and the Star as they appear in the New Romantic Figure exhibit. I love the tabernacle frames. We’ve matched the colour of the decorative trim around … Continue reading
The Emperor
   The two paintings, the Star and the Queen of Cups, are both framed and delivered to the gallery with the other paintings in the New Romantic Figure exhibit. Alexey Steele’s piece is also framed in a tabernacle, and the three … Continue reading
Grail Fresco
      I’ve used Bembo’s illustrations for the Tales of Lancelot to produce a fresco along the wall behind the Queen, referring to the work of Botticelli, his great contemporary, for the feel of the faded paint of fresco paintings. (I love the Botticelli frescos … Continue reading
Bonifacio Bembo
I’ve been mulling over how to approach the mural that I wanted to put onto the wall on the upper right side of the painting, but after a lot of thought I’ve decided that the composition works best if the … Continue reading
