Boogie Street
Sunday, 1 March 2026

WIP again

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WIP again.   (Acrylic on canvas panel, 10x8 in) As if to prove the point made in my previous post, here’s another Work in Progress started y...
Saturday, 28 February 2026

Another Work in Progress

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Another Work in Progress. (Acrylic on canvas board, 10x8 in) Lacking the will to push on and finish anything at the moment, I continue to pi...
Saturday, 21 February 2026

Two Works in Progress

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WIP - Aerial View (Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 in) WIP - Crossing the Square (Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 in) Two works in progres...
Sunday, 15 February 2026

WIP: Crossing the Square

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Crossing the Square WIP (Acrylic on canvas board, 12x12 in) Another new one blocked out yesterday. I’ve always loved views from above. In th...
Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Diamonds and Pearls

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Diamonds and Pearls (Acrylic on board, 11 x 11 in) This weekend’s work. My Regular Reader will know I'm rather fond of the shop as subje...
Friday, 6 February 2026

Concertina Exchange

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In an effort to kick start some creativity in the drab early months of the year, I’ve signed up to a concertina exchange project run by Sall...
Monday, 19 January 2026

Up Pink Lane [SOLD}

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Up Pink Lane (Acrylic on canvas board, 10x10 in) I understand that this day in January is known as Blue Monday . Well,  I went to pick up my...
Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Merry Christmas 2025!

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  (acrylic on canvas board, 10 x 8 in. Digital text) Merry Xmas and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year to all my Reader!
Saturday, 6 December 2025

House on the Road to Halepa

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  House on the Road to Halepa (Acrylic on canvas panel, 30x30 cm)   It’s taken a while to get there, but we have arrived. When I set out to ...
Friday, 5 December 2025

Lisbon Cafe WIP

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  Lisbon Cafe WIP (Acrylic on canvas board, 10x8 in) I laid this out last night with the intention of continuing at the Art Club today, but ...
Friday, 12 September 2025

Streets in Bologna

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Streets in Bologna [SOLD] (Acrylic on board, 14 x 8.5 in) Friday’s new start at the Art Club was this view of streets in Bologna . Several ...
Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Dreamer

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  Dreamer (Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 in) [SOLD] This lovely lady is now on her way to be with a collector in Yorkshire. I know she’ll be in goo...
Monday, 18 August 2025

Shadows at the End of the Street

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Shadows at the End of the Street (Acrylic on board, 28 x 24 cm) Started on Friday at Gateshead Art Society , finished last night. This is on...
Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Chinese Bottle

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  Chinese Bottle (Acrylic on board, 8 x 8 in) [SOLD] This small still life painted, I think, during the Lockdown , has now sold and on its w...
Monday, 16 June 2025

Seville Tile Factory

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  Seville Tile Factory (Acrylic on canvas board, 10 x 12 in) I was fascinated by the Tile Factory in Seville when we went there in 2017. The...
Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Memory Lane

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  Memory Lane (Acrylic on canvas, 8 x 8 in) A painting from almost ten years ago. I needed the frame for something else, so took the opportu...
Sunday, 4 May 2025

Derry Girls

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Derry Girls (Acrylic on canvas board, 9 x 12 in) The second of my paintings celebrating my trip to Derry / Londonderry . The Derry Girls m...
Saturday, 3 May 2025

Up the Walls of Derry

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  Up the Walls of Derry (Acrylic on canvas board, 9 x 12 in) Completed today, the first of my new Derry / Londonderry paintings. I was the...
Monday, 21 April 2025

Speciality Coffee Bar

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Speciality Coffee Bar (Acrylic and collage on board, 12x7 in) A small painting begun as a distraction at the turn of the year. It shows one ...
Monday, 24 June 2024

St George's University School of Medicine (Urban Sketchers Annual Event)

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  St George's University School of Medicine Northumberland Road Newcastle (markers in A5 sketchbook) I was really looking forward to the...
Sunday, 9 June 2024

Rooftop WIP

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Rooftop WIP (Acrylic on canvas board, 8x8 in) Something else begun last Friday at Gateshead Art Society . I'm finding my way with this o...
Saturday, 8 June 2024

Work Yard WIP

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Work Yard WIP (Acrylic on canvas board, 10 x 12 in) The first few hours at Gateshead Art Society today left me with this scrubby start to a...
Saturday, 1 June 2024

Night Moorings

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  Night Moorings (Acrylic on canvas board, 10 x 12 in) Finished today. This was one of those times when I begin to question if the photograp...
Thursday, 23 May 2024

Moli des Comte, Ciutadella, Menorca

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Moli des Comte, Ciutadella. (Markers in A5 sketchbook) Not the most appealing viewpoint, but the only one that didn't involve being run ...
Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Boats at Night WIP

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  Boats at Night WIP (Acrylic on canvas board, 10 x 12 in) After a holiday break, it’s good to get back to some painting, but I’m never happ...
Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Whitby Coble

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Whitby Coble (acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 in) For various reasons, mostly to do with the approach I first took to the composition and s...
Saturday, 20 April 2024

Chicken Shed WIP

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Chicken Shed WIP  (Acrylic on board, 10x10 in) Begun at the Art Club yesterday, for me a nightmare in green, but I have it under control I t...
Friday, 19 April 2024

Tony Montague

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  Tony Montague at Durham Art Group ( Photo copyright Durham Art Group) I learned today that my old friend, Tony Montague has died. He was ...
Wednesday, 17 April 2024

It Was 20 Years Ago Today ...

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  I've always been interested in writing down thoughts and happenings as a way of reinforcing unreliable memory and interrogating some o...
Sunday, 7 April 2024

Coffee Shop Laptop

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Coffee Shop Laptop (Acrylic on canvas board, 8x8 in) One of the great advantages of a mobile phone is that, if you always carry it with you,...
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harry bell
Gateshead, North East, United Kingdom
Welcome to my blog. I'm a professional artist working in oil, acrylic and drawing. I'm still very much a figurative painter aiming at some kind of modern representation. I believe in the continuing value of painting and follow in its long and honourable tradition.
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