tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67812172024-03-17T02:14:47.510+00:00Boogie StreetHarry Bell the artist. His blog.harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.comBlogger1742125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-58400790155076092992024-02-26T19:45:00.003+00:002024-02-26T19:45:46.930+00:00Laying Cable<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHsN7bM_C6UoQAdrpzZKU_yiXnTqw9ZZUKaWhpFzLb2dPCCMmyeWb58VaizVJWOTbPE_vuNYjpM60GLotd2-T3vhWCcW3E4ZyaiApWyVbZUSeEBqCVLPgtroAKZ5iYP2qSH_HXO3-Wn8qIR7lI9L0dge2B1gsfGSlGd3fgpthhOuNNWaaS6n0/s606/Laying%20Cable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="606" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHsN7bM_C6UoQAdrpzZKU_yiXnTqw9ZZUKaWhpFzLb2dPCCMmyeWb58VaizVJWOTbPE_vuNYjpM60GLotd2-T3vhWCcW3E4ZyaiApWyVbZUSeEBqCVLPgtroAKZ5iYP2qSH_HXO3-Wn8qIR7lI9L0dge2B1gsfGSlGd3fgpthhOuNNWaaS6n0/s320/Laying%20Cable.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b> Laying Cable</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(acrylic on canvas board, 8 x 8 in)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you're a painter, are you ever surprised by how your paintings turn out? I know my many interests feed into my work and with this I probably detect the influence of children’s book Illustration. A good deal of this must be to do with the switch to acrylic paint which lends itself to bright clear passages of colour.</span></span></div><p></p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-723674997802413192024-02-03T20:03:00.007+00:002024-02-26T20:17:50.840+00:00WIP - Heritage / Glasshouse<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/a/AVvXsEixYPLYzZ4AMSGMkxly2GMeuMtbCSHOSF1ucV5LILNqFEXTDlQbESwFHjkKHWH_XCWwHNjqNCDuk79OlHu-vbrOmI4vPk-BYobHN6uA1Cajp8Q3zt648xK3ny2ThsIxMi3yVrL_xFMHrBolgS2WdK1pYZ3jQJanr9tRCgE99tWU5gaaoaBKLiVh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixYPLYzZ4AMSGMkxly2GMeuMtbCSHOSF1ucV5LILNqFEXTDlQbESwFHjkKHWH_XCWwHNjqNCDuk79OlHu-vbrOmI4vPk-BYobHN6uA1Cajp8Q3zt648xK3ny2ThsIxMi3yVrL_xFMHrBolgS2WdK1pYZ3jQJanr9tRCgE99tWU5gaaoaBKLiVh" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;"><b>WIP - Heritage / Glasshouse</b></span><br style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;"><i>(Acrylic on canvas board, 10x12 in)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;">A new one started yesterday. I expect the sky will become less apocalyptic as it progresses. The mausoleum is in the grounds of the <a href="https://newcastlegateshead.com/business-directory/things-to-do/st-marys-heritage-centre" target="_blank">Gateshead Heritage Centre</a> (AKA St Mary's Church) and sits boldly in front of the modernist Sage Music Centre , recently renamed <a href="https://theglasshouseicm.org/" target="_blank">The Glasshouse</a>.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;"> If there are </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">moiré</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;"> patterns on the image, I apologise - it's an effect of the canvas but will be gone in the finished painting.</span></span></div></div>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-57467912174050293992024-02-02T19:54:00.001+00:002024-02-26T20:02:41.968+00:00Kwik Fit<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfab7ZzJ9e6alTi3qAUgwdrh69-iCbZO2WPGdOjQK1wM1m4OUCCE9b2N4kdGD-Uz-hTjzzqK4ZEAQtNNZ5wdK6d_zCKVQo_P_AslaXq0LUy5ir6eAmo9609oICNJ1YDAk3Qgg4ZcAoIHLVwHCwkfHNJ2oIiMz7XSLLiYRlp9ZnwbaEjCs66HMX/s731/Kwik%20Fit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfab7ZzJ9e6alTi3qAUgwdrh69-iCbZO2WPGdOjQK1wM1m4OUCCE9b2N4kdGD-Uz-hTjzzqK4ZEAQtNNZ5wdK6d_zCKVQo_P_AslaXq0LUy5ir6eAmo9609oICNJ1YDAk3Qgg4ZcAoIHLVwHCwkfHNJ2oIiMz7XSLLiYRlp9ZnwbaEjCs66HMX/s320/Kwik%20Fit.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Kwik Fit</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 10 in)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So many little changes before I was satisfied, but now I think I am. I wonder if you can tell I’ve become interested in <a href="https://www.davidinshaw.net/" target="_blank"><b>David Inshaw</b> </a>and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristram_Hillier" target="_blank">Tristram Hillier</a></b>?<b> </b>I love the clarity of their work and acrylic definitely lends itself to that approach.</span></span></div><p></p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-77530315125771947752024-01-12T19:47:00.001+00:002024-02-26T19:54:21.051+00:00WIP - Kwik Fit<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4sN13_4JYRONNJ2h9_seEpYsQMr9iM2Wl54YIfWuXfnSEKRi2_yd7Jsc2JjRWsHAo9_CLW-ofNnPso790tN3aAbl7NJVdGMFTGnLaYGC61uuYnZ6I8Xl6rCyjsvNoptLIhY8nhovATf7YdTrjGf1DWORIneBD9pR_aW6a-jmp-4sjOBeJMSf2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4sN13_4JYRONNJ2h9_seEpYsQMr9iM2Wl54YIfWuXfnSEKRi2_yd7Jsc2JjRWsHAo9_CLW-ofNnPso790tN3aAbl7NJVdGMFTGnLaYGC61uuYnZ6I8Xl6rCyjsvNoptLIhY8nhovATf7YdTrjGf1DWORIneBD9pR_aW6a-jmp-4sjOBeJMSf2" width="205" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WIP</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">(Acrylic on canvas board, 10x12 in)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Another venture into local urban scenes. I spotted the potential of this garage on a trip to the podiatrist - it's just across the road from his premises. Early days, but I think it'll work.</span></div><p></p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-40931221806311810752024-01-10T20:21:00.000+00:002024-01-10T20:21:37.886+00:00Top Tape<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnPbQY3WjTJ_pBM-G63UonOrCkrfwrvujLnXXhQI28pKoFbZ8QoX__d_KcQmK4gtlMBMeBcojUYyQ91JlenQTjZJVyigSVre-h8zELBT41LndcuxxMS52QT_l_9MHDfV9-MjzNH9EafAaLiWBc4YXr45_OJHTa4ujlZDNiU6SF7jukU0Grjdh/s757/Top%20Tape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="757" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnPbQY3WjTJ_pBM-G63UonOrCkrfwrvujLnXXhQI28pKoFbZ8QoX__d_KcQmK4gtlMBMeBcojUYyQ91JlenQTjZJVyigSVre-h8zELBT41LndcuxxMS52QT_l_9MHDfV9-MjzNH9EafAaLiWBc4YXr45_OJHTa4ujlZDNiU6SF7jukU0Grjdh/w320-h254/Top%20Tape.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Top Tape</b></i></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(acrylic on canvas board, 8 x 10 in.)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">My first painting of 2024, a modest subject: a derelict shop I came across last year in Cambridge. </span></p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-11914172375904424712023-12-24T20:30:00.004+00:002023-12-24T20:30:00.138+00:00Merry Christmas!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisA_M6KhbKLgltEnPDHt1uAWGx9lsAUz0Ji7RlYBkO7okhYe7Fd888j7WgM3Jw21-Hs39DVgkS7az7y5wH8tjwSYZUXE66Vfbyw-dXSBxWdQJ3UHq4oXxqElYW2YpOrD9bitYWokJnOR7hiiC6k8_UPO0rmVQu05ZCZ0HvNHkKn-iTz3Gp5oL1/s600/Christmas%20Lights%20plus%20greeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisA_M6KhbKLgltEnPDHt1uAWGx9lsAUz0Ji7RlYBkO7okhYe7Fd888j7WgM3Jw21-Hs39DVgkS7az7y5wH8tjwSYZUXE66Vfbyw-dXSBxWdQJ3UHq4oXxqElYW2YpOrD9bitYWokJnOR7hiiC6k8_UPO0rmVQu05ZCZ0HvNHkKn-iTz3Gp5oL1/s320/Christmas%20Lights%20plus%20greeting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Christmas Lights</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on mountboard, 9 x 9 in, greeting added digitally)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my Reader!<br /> </span><p></p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-70567695285027558132023-11-24T20:19:00.004+00:002024-03-12T20:23:48.002+00:00North of England Art Club Exhibition 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymfEYiD9ux2e5Tn3KaqLO1jZP9Qd64DmO52q7Bcy2Mdwhw5JfoSotKeheRvGH1gAERNI0FWXO0Lu3Au0WmyCpyp1r8vTG96SHb7HGiPg7xNZyKMIte40GkFOxkESvdhyBr8784ZRCz3iKMoKxDqpdP39A1I66T-gARhBzkK45RJqmOTyiTnUj/s650/NoEAC%20poster%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymfEYiD9ux2e5Tn3KaqLO1jZP9Qd64DmO52q7Bcy2Mdwhw5JfoSotKeheRvGH1gAERNI0FWXO0Lu3Au0WmyCpyp1r8vTG96SHb7HGiPg7xNZyKMIte40GkFOxkESvdhyBr8784ZRCz3iKMoKxDqpdP39A1I66T-gARhBzkK45RJqmOTyiTnUj/s320/NoEAC%20poster%202023.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-7853479625122662102023-11-22T20:13:00.001+00:002024-03-12T20:17:49.118+00:00Iron Box<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaBtL8r52_h5fH7Pb0XlWVt1w2etZv5wOkUA0V6c_dpMiw24vwZ5-74G58Ns2XkhVc2hHbT1lyfG2V5U_IYmTISg7CTLKKjnn8i5MLcJ5CBcBFg7rx1wsfgvGCJ5rTfKWE_3HZckdmWTmnyoA2NqEKdR2kd9GPm4Bu1v4cqhdyGeH0HZ4vrWV/s600/Iron%20Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaBtL8r52_h5fH7Pb0XlWVt1w2etZv5wOkUA0V6c_dpMiw24vwZ5-74G58Ns2XkhVc2hHbT1lyfG2V5U_IYmTISg7CTLKKjnn8i5MLcJ5CBcBFg7rx1wsfgvGCJ5rTfKWE_3HZckdmWTmnyoA2NqEKdR2kd9GPm4Bu1v4cqhdyGeH0HZ4vrWV/s320/Iron%20Box.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Iron Box</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Mixed media, 12x12 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday I waved goodbye to this textured wall painting, off to its new home with a collector in Germany. I wish every day could be so much fun, but today I'll be doing my tax accounts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div></div><p> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-38674643946678298102023-11-14T20:04:00.001+00:002024-03-12T20:13:21.483+00:00Stevens of Boston<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS8om4MMlvul_hyphenhyphenGvHyfdEz6yNoMLQ1X1AqiE7LUy8M9caXnNA0omSO4YP-Jqz-0zP4GYkrWLdZFBb96naK7tYbuUOPIZ-7aTf-41pjtNi0rQ1aox16IHkSFDJbzdN-gpmo9iC45MuZCM2TmQdSJKp_l6mi0tQrxnYPQU6pllB3Ksr4o2IPf0u/s600/Stevens%20of%20Boston.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS8om4MMlvul_hyphenhyphenGvHyfdEz6yNoMLQ1X1AqiE7LUy8M9caXnNA0omSO4YP-Jqz-0zP4GYkrWLdZFBb96naK7tYbuUOPIZ-7aTf-41pjtNi0rQ1aox16IHkSFDJbzdN-gpmo9iC45MuZCM2TmQdSJKp_l6mi0tQrxnYPQU6pllB3Ksr4o2IPf0u/s320/Stevens%20of%20Boston.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Stevens of Boston</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on mountboard, 25x25 cm)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another foray into the world of shops and stalls, this one in <b>Cambridge</b>. When I came to do the painting, I looked up the florist online and was sorry to learn that Adam Stevens, <i>"the Flower Man of Cambridge"</i> had died. I hope no-one is offended by my making an attempt at putting him into this small painting, using a photograph I found in the local newspaper.</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-88741093932803936082023-11-04T19:58:00.001+00:002024-03-12T20:03:26.770+00:00Chained Up<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutBw1GoCT9JfvvqyeBGTtL4LuFPurKw-SbuOSVlrPB8CcB3IkxdaMnADAZoUmZpC-Nd0dXHIn8-whJ5vUbg3HGgLcm4CSuLhDdDciJ0_F-amNSlF5XWKV32YGZFF6ZnWFPdquuAoAJzUUVTi8yf9MPzNZgFkuwE31CXXB3CJp1W5CpMk3kpNR/s606/Chained%20Up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="606" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutBw1GoCT9JfvvqyeBGTtL4LuFPurKw-SbuOSVlrPB8CcB3IkxdaMnADAZoUmZpC-Nd0dXHIn8-whJ5vUbg3HGgLcm4CSuLhDdDciJ0_F-amNSlF5XWKV32YGZFF6ZnWFPdquuAoAJzUUVTi8yf9MPzNZgFkuwE31CXXB3CJp1W5CpMk3kpNR/s320/Chained%20Up.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Chained Up</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Mixed media on board, 30x30 cm)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, this one fought me at several points, but I think I won through in the end. Another addition to my “Textured Door Series”. For more of these, please see the <a href="https://www.harrybellart.com/gallery_755393.html" target="_blank">Portfolio on my website.</a></span></div></div>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-57148943556533886502023-10-25T19:53:00.001+01:002024-03-12T19:57:12.902+00:00Forgotten Dreams<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHv80cPvkeYM0Jl_QjFhPKjrDutZteocsj0apqZTldmN3Ltbumv6KcirHU-blAvBkCYdlgmPCSIuIi4Wp5k2a-fUcatl0GpaG81fE27ykOBUIpwaJsl_WN8LJMNxBb1ADYYJwiQhc5O7lczj9pwMyO4skK_-D2bFfLzfT68a-bAMGY-GJb8HX/s603/Forgotten%20Dreams.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="603" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHv80cPvkeYM0Jl_QjFhPKjrDutZteocsj0apqZTldmN3Ltbumv6KcirHU-blAvBkCYdlgmPCSIuIi4Wp5k2a-fUcatl0GpaG81fE27ykOBUIpwaJsl_WN8LJMNxBb1ADYYJwiQhc5O7lczj9pwMyO4skK_-D2bFfLzfT68a-bAMGY-GJb8HX/s320/Forgotten%20Dreams.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Forgotten Dreams</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Mixed media on board, 30x30 cm)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another textured door painting started some time ago, finally brought to fruition by some creative thinking and an old stencil. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I first used that yacht stencil when I was in junior school!</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-87057686474342858182023-10-22T19:49:00.001+01:002024-03-12T19:52:29.057+00:00Fresh Fruit<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCX2bOkLbHlhgTOmZwiMePZv-2DD0VN9OME_IMz-3lsJGPbxYr2TVBtSGqoWgN1Gdy3IwpXKXo1fbhUwsqJzus8OXB31gqUmCOC2gXVqs8j1SZTnvcx9giiCef2S-0nrxU0obl73v3gTeVTKv-Uj7KxoZP4W47EvLKSk00D_REbkkVFiBB4s6p/s605/Fresh%20Fruit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="605" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCX2bOkLbHlhgTOmZwiMePZv-2DD0VN9OME_IMz-3lsJGPbxYr2TVBtSGqoWgN1Gdy3IwpXKXo1fbhUwsqJzus8OXB31gqUmCOC2gXVqs8j1SZTnvcx9giiCef2S-0nrxU0obl73v3gTeVTKv-Uj7KxoZP4W47EvLKSk00D_REbkkVFiBB4s6p/s320/Fresh%20Fruit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fresh Fruit </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;">(Acrylic on board, 25x25 cm)</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I thought I’d finished this in 2019, but it turns out I hadn’t. I have now (I think). </div></div><p> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-33210296582744538912023-10-14T19:43:00.001+01:002024-03-12T19:48:31.786+00:00Greek Doorway<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijEOQhStE7d2v95rpz2TmL8B3A6p3hLdy_uQG94mqs9-2TBLFjosGA98cVmJRStxd5oWBsLMHwCemG5RpZ3ZupT9w1yE_dFYm_5fjgSUVrdsUFYVZafSA1PW3pfslYZEQZbD545qR6WCY9r6K6cbPnwjohhpWXCmoS32kolVp2Fti5HU7TIPb/s601/Greek%20Doorway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="601" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijEOQhStE7d2v95rpz2TmL8B3A6p3hLdy_uQG94mqs9-2TBLFjosGA98cVmJRStxd5oWBsLMHwCemG5RpZ3ZupT9w1yE_dFYm_5fjgSUVrdsUFYVZafSA1PW3pfslYZEQZbD545qR6WCY9r6K6cbPnwjohhpWXCmoS32kolVp2Fti5HU7TIPb/s320/Greek%20Doorway.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Greek Doorway</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Mixed media on board, 12x12 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Completed using some of the billboard scraps collected in Verona as well as acrylic and crackle paste. I think I find this kind of textured painting more satisfying than any other because there’s always a little thrill at seeing some of the unexpected results of this process.</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-18096757790415432752023-10-14T19:33:00.001+01:002024-03-12T19:42:45.137+00:00Billboard Scraps<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrVuxxQ9y02T-7_sZ22UGCCHx0mKSF1hRxl8-wuwx2tvELK41m1Exwrt6H0nN6gPBX2dLc_CkJRa3vM7ze00PgtwmhthFuwPPL_jE_uybt6Biddv7ULfLCtPCwNv42rrpSq-oU_mxpcXnjhV70gH-ZzgZpu5IK3fbMDgEVJhrLiTA9Sx_CdY3/s720/Billboard%20scraps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrVuxxQ9y02T-7_sZ22UGCCHx0mKSF1hRxl8-wuwx2tvELK41m1Exwrt6H0nN6gPBX2dLc_CkJRa3vM7ze00PgtwmhthFuwPPL_jE_uybt6Biddv7ULfLCtPCwNv42rrpSq-oU_mxpcXnjhV70gH-ZzgZpu5IK3fbMDgEVJhrLiTA9Sx_CdY3/s320/Billboard%20scraps.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A good haul from the old billboards of <b>Verona</b>. Last month on a walk round <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgo_Trento_(Verona)" target="_blank"><i>Borgo Trento</i>,</a> the Art Deco area of Verona, I was delighted to find a few billboards with umpteen layers of old posters ripe for the picking. When I got them home, I was a bit disappointed because they are mostly quite faded, but they’ve proven very useful as collage elements on the painting I was working on today.</span></span></div><br />harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-41518649261503128752023-10-05T19:28:00.008+01:002024-03-12T19:33:05.690+00:00Staithes Harbour<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOY2zE7EAWkOJ4L-YxK3aPv-YqssrNaJzkiBiugp6qYsJ7vwDuUBzcPP5npD2K441GicrhKpySPwtuDBoSxY7Fbub7fQVshbSbo8C83IYNRJ3B4aXn-KEODwhbzP7LRFLNnHmy3seC-LSyxvHMF5febVY4TFgBb7DCA69g2xKGfHp9Co5uKV6/s603/Staithes%20Harbour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="603" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOY2zE7EAWkOJ4L-YxK3aPv-YqssrNaJzkiBiugp6qYsJ7vwDuUBzcPP5npD2K441GicrhKpySPwtuDBoSxY7Fbub7fQVshbSbo8C83IYNRJ3B4aXn-KEODwhbzP7LRFLNnHmy3seC-LSyxvHMF5febVY4TFgBb7DCA69g2xKGfHp9Co5uKV6/s320/Staithes%20Harbour.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Staithes Harbour</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(acrylic on canvas, 12x12 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday, I put the finishing touches to another painting that's hung around the studio for a long time, waiting to be finished. It was, I think one of the first, if not <i>the</i> first painting begun when I switched from oils to acrylics. Now to find a suitable frame so it can be shown in an exhibition.</span></div></div>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-74433273699002567072023-10-01T19:23:00.001+01:002024-03-12T19:27:04.470+00:00Crab Pots, Staithes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4WJGaCtoTu3eePZSBHYu0YfcEqY9Mlvf1TvhjGp9djUylH3qWTXaPSp3pu7PI7N9YnPW1tsH1N9rs-oq9knckcrkkHMtuUkXIrqFT3LdVWS9_VL56c9GZBUoGSltmLvAxuhoblWejEmpLHE-OSyQOPhk83Q5n6WZfUovj0iAtfliwBKW9u76/s604/Crab%20Pots,%20Staithes.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="604" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4WJGaCtoTu3eePZSBHYu0YfcEqY9Mlvf1TvhjGp9djUylH3qWTXaPSp3pu7PI7N9YnPW1tsH1N9rs-oq9knckcrkkHMtuUkXIrqFT3LdVWS9_VL56c9GZBUoGSltmLvAxuhoblWejEmpLHE-OSyQOPhk83Q5n6WZfUovj0iAtfliwBKW9u76/s320/Crab%20Pots,%20Staithes.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Crab Pots, Staithes</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on canvas, 12x12 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday I moved an old painting out of the way, and found this one hidden behind it. It’s in a nice black frame and dated 2017 and although I can tell it’s been displayed somewhere, I have idea where or when. Anyway, I like it and if you do too and are interested in buying it, please get in touch..</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-92005411936213451452023-09-24T19:09:00.001+01:002024-03-12T19:22:32.490+00:00Verona Side Street<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWDMFHS5MsnikQBeeIBjHdyQpfgUPRR3_pI2chV8ZjdRKdN3MkZDotogJqtdJL6A_nNKhPhZeSXJOB6SPQqn6mjE9hlVmVkCkmMP3NdcpHOZ8CfSwjH5hr6PqYI80FPlnW8ULUduCZD4Grkus87QR5fCP91pm19Wa3NIZm6gijhGTjyjajHNc/s1418/Verona%20Side%20Street.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWDMFHS5MsnikQBeeIBjHdyQpfgUPRR3_pI2chV8ZjdRKdN3MkZDotogJqtdJL6A_nNKhPhZeSXJOB6SPQqn6mjE9hlVmVkCkmMP3NdcpHOZ8CfSwjH5hr6PqYI80FPlnW8ULUduCZD4Grkus87QR5fCP91pm19Wa3NIZm6gijhGTjyjajHNc/s320/Verona%20Side%20Street.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Verona Side Street</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Markers in A5 sketchbook)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My first urban sketch in a very long time. I intended to do more of this in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona" target="_blank">Verona</a>, but one of the problems I found was that the side streets are very narrow and most of the interesting parts of buildings were high up. It's quite difficult trying to stand in a busy street (<i>all</i> streets turn out to be busy when you're not looking!) looking upwards.</span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-87878727612450172792023-09-09T20:34:00.001+01:002024-03-11T20:36:47.921+00:00Boats in Harbour<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNwHLLSZkXfHKQ-V_YxKBV9gjscYOI6Qv9raHsIem683i1iFzGJItZ9kxBBOIK2VMID5x17q6rexwCIS47uVr038xRXtA7A48ST-GIgia5NR349eCnKiJkDlCK36bgoNIAao_m5yqdANDcMc4-w2BUOvUjiE5Mbd1mtmA2yWLFEARcRvUJc4-/s605/Boats%20in%20Harbour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="605" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNwHLLSZkXfHKQ-V_YxKBV9gjscYOI6Qv9raHsIem683i1iFzGJItZ9kxBBOIK2VMID5x17q6rexwCIS47uVr038xRXtA7A48ST-GIgia5NR349eCnKiJkDlCK36bgoNIAao_m5yqdANDcMc4-w2BUOvUjiE5Mbd1mtmA2yWLFEARcRvUJc4-/s320/Boats%20in%20Harbour.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Boats in Harbour</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on watercolour paper, 12x12 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another painting begun some months ago, finished off at <b>Gateshead Art Society</b> yesterday.</span></div></div>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-45176573140625072222023-09-08T20:28:00.000+01:002024-03-11T20:33:27.079+00:00Aberdeen Trawler<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB6-PEsOtGKdWqFoaK5f1ZpjpZJPrVcomglYQUD8QuDxNybP8uyAilW9fuJHkHn4TZALlQy3w_ij1UtyNs3v7fmZtMOky5V44UO5BjoUrhReT4qUhfxRcDufJRnYvYREO-DDT7teOpTRZqLWR-Byu9qkXGZ2n1Itxr98leSKGeC2Wti88hmpH/s600/Aberdeen%20Trawler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB6-PEsOtGKdWqFoaK5f1ZpjpZJPrVcomglYQUD8QuDxNybP8uyAilW9fuJHkHn4TZALlQy3w_ij1UtyNs3v7fmZtMOky5V44UO5BjoUrhReT4qUhfxRcDufJRnYvYREO-DDT7teOpTRZqLWR-Byu9qkXGZ2n1Itxr98leSKGeC2Wti88hmpH/s320/Aberdeen%20Trawler.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Aberdeen Trawler </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic and collage on board, 12x12 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>SOLD</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another painting dusted off and finished today, ready for the winter shows. Although it didn't sell at exhibition, I'm pleased to say that it sold afterwards to a collector in the USA who'd seen it online.</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-70620911824147191102023-09-07T20:24:00.002+01:002024-03-11T20:27:55.928+00:00Whitby Harbour<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcwNvjmJMzjc_s2W5VzHWgttzyPuR6lDiazb3UM8YncRAv3gcm32yGWCHhsKFGtb6DYdsLuldv3ypQ5kWDvB0v4gYnVlxIkzPbKZybqZz7tpeYoZnW-ZGVYBX0Oo7bNJgFNEfMCKlCiO7DcGIMlRBK73jO8B63YOzrppZqlOzZzCosG3JtZ7q/s1234/Whitby%20Harbour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcwNvjmJMzjc_s2W5VzHWgttzyPuR6lDiazb3UM8YncRAv3gcm32yGWCHhsKFGtb6DYdsLuldv3ypQ5kWDvB0v4gYnVlxIkzPbKZybqZz7tpeYoZnW-ZGVYBX0Oo7bNJgFNEfMCKlCiO7DcGIMlRBK73jO8B63YOzrppZqlOzZzCosG3JtZ7q/w195-h400/Whitby%20Harbour.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Whitby Harbour </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic and collage on canvas, 24x12 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Autumn and Winter exhibition season draws near, so I figured it was time to dust off and finish some work begun but not completed. I last worked on this one in October 2020 and really, there was little that needed doing.</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-90883488184698715212023-09-03T20:16:00.001+01:002024-03-11T20:20:04.638+00:00Evening at the Coffee Shop<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMIRr1rzhBBCDUoFhoCKjjHWpee0bIQet6Ljkrvcn6Ljpu2TIQPXJFpgU0ivIEncQFutu9ItpoqP6jRViVwGumeUeu0Q8Q4uZ2jWBOH6Ny0D54U2BXD_K8E6-rJOl4AFDAyPFjPC44CxfYoNsc_9iVDix6T5P7nXCS1VjHbDwiGNCO5K3Vxuu/s605/Evening%20at%20the%20Coffee%20Shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="605" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMIRr1rzhBBCDUoFhoCKjjHWpee0bIQet6Ljkrvcn6Ljpu2TIQPXJFpgU0ivIEncQFutu9ItpoqP6jRViVwGumeUeu0Q8Q4uZ2jWBOH6Ny0D54U2BXD_K8E6-rJOl4AFDAyPFjPC44CxfYoNsc_9iVDix6T5P7nXCS1VjHbDwiGNCO5K3Vxuu/s320/Evening%20at%20the%20Coffee%20Shop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Evening at the Coffee Shop</b></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on canvas board, 12x12 in)</i></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>‘Art is never finished, only abandoned’</i>, said Leonardo Da Vinci, allegedly. Time to stop fiddling and sign off on this one then.</span></div></div></div>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-90490415973152733012023-08-25T20:08:00.001+01:002024-03-11T20:15:40.864+00:00WIP - Evening at the Coffee Shop<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTflUmTzLODo_XuljBoIfeTTcL-jcxKJ4aSo7wR25GUFV3MMpNYvMxaq4MDkyR6Ok8W8barfqJ_IJLmJHtilTDKiRZY9douzYAuNbEpLJCfB5I95h6Ts9L5kB1Mf_L-sv8lXRqzN_IYHuF9u95V3Rdy09XzVuQlHpYh3virCAU_YZVKiuSMVw/s536/WIP_Coffee%20Shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTflUmTzLODo_XuljBoIfeTTcL-jcxKJ4aSo7wR25GUFV3MMpNYvMxaq4MDkyR6Ok8W8barfqJ_IJLmJHtilTDKiRZY9douzYAuNbEpLJCfB5I95h6Ts9L5kB1Mf_L-sv8lXRqzN_IYHuF9u95V3Rdy09XzVuQlHpYh3virCAU_YZVKiuSMVw/s320/WIP_Coffee%20Shop.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Coffee Shop WIP.</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on canvas board, 12x12 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I missed last week’s demonstration by <a href="https://www.michaelewart.com/" target="_blank"><b>Michael Ewart</b></a> at the art club last week but I understand he painted a café scene. This week’s challenge was to paint a similar scene and because I like to use these challenges to, well, challenge myself, I dug out some photos I took around the turn of the century. I tried to make something of them while at University but failed. I’m more optimistic about this new version though the multi figure <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>composition has me out of my comfort zone.</span></div></div>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-86340537536517284132023-08-22T19:56:00.001+01:002024-03-11T20:00:41.501+00:00Buskers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXECZyS0UdqbENjXDkyGZgMcAVcGXg4aoQaZ4daT-oaAzznPqrgqrZdLmYi32p_lbeAfzlOFTQFLCCZK2ly1lHn8LOmmCV-ojj3m87aeE22i-kaPRfSNe7xO_XQ6jZiooHGrylVMi3y35EWVG5JigOaeIhQFR29asvgv7OedTB6sYsF6R_gev/s750/Buskers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="750" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXECZyS0UdqbENjXDkyGZgMcAVcGXg4aoQaZ4daT-oaAzznPqrgqrZdLmYi32p_lbeAfzlOFTQFLCCZK2ly1lHn8LOmmCV-ojj3m87aeE22i-kaPRfSNe7xO_XQ6jZiooHGrylVMi3y35EWVG5JigOaeIhQFR29asvgv7OedTB6sYsF6R_gev/s320/Buskers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Buskers</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on canvas board, 8 x 10 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The result of a suggested theme at <b><a href="https://www.gatesheadartsociety.org.uk/" target="_blank">Gateshead Art Society</a>.</b> The buskers were spotted on a wintry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bridge#20th_century_to_present" target="_blank">Charles Bridge</a> in <b>Prague</b>, and very good they were too.</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-422726356023997252023-08-10T19:50:00.001+01:002024-03-11T19:55:19.639+00:00The Artist in his Garret<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWZNMHaCWZ6fz42TsUsTYN8ta-uZAFpWbpdgoHKZW0k4b4cQfat8JhzCeHOz1OUCY2EST15USgvvwwWOZ4TyCm_fLK8UJ7PJTGLR7dae2TQg_-Jq0XquNBkgnVfDBCiZvecbegWo20OIEoUMI5aPMgkg5rlNC5rzCrLsgykg-WkBRLRvzI92t/s604/The%20Artist%20in%20his%20Garret.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWZNMHaCWZ6fz42TsUsTYN8ta-uZAFpWbpdgoHKZW0k4b4cQfat8JhzCeHOz1OUCY2EST15USgvvwwWOZ4TyCm_fLK8UJ7PJTGLR7dae2TQg_-Jq0XquNBkgnVfDBCiZvecbegWo20OIEoUMI5aPMgkg5rlNC5rzCrLsgykg-WkBRLRvzI92t/s320/The%20Artist%20in%20his%20Garret.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>The Artist in his Garret</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on board, 8 x 8 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve been tidying the studio, uncovering unfinished paintings and finishing some. This is one of them, and no, that isn’t me! It's another that probably fits into the <i>Major Players (and Walk-On Parts)</i> series.</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781217.post-25719840474470006962023-08-08T19:38:00.001+01:002024-03-11T19:50:09.641+00:00The Commuter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XXMcrwjTucYgUDb3Y9Y0zivccfUa2JnIfyX6BQXhDYJLPt71UmherFIUTzFcfTnfad2853YlWmuATh0ic1Yt6_7nyTJUrty9MqjriM7Wgnr3RRo7zinh3biv1Wnq0Q1I7JBY7jUz8YCDXg1P3vphJ1kVWJvLNe6nzluc1hwjxg5yo6nkIJDu/s606/The%20Commuter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="606" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XXMcrwjTucYgUDb3Y9Y0zivccfUa2JnIfyX6BQXhDYJLPt71UmherFIUTzFcfTnfad2853YlWmuATh0ic1Yt6_7nyTJUrty9MqjriM7Wgnr3RRo7zinh3biv1Wnq0Q1I7JBY7jUz8YCDXg1P3vphJ1kVWJvLNe6nzluc1hwjxg5yo6nkIJDu/s320/The%20Commuter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>The Commuter </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>(Acrylic on canvas board, 8 x 8 in)</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While thinking about how to progress a painting on the desk, I thought I’d put the finishing touches to this bit of fun. It's a small painting that fits into my series of <i>Major Players (and Walk-On Parts)</i> that one day I'd quite like to show together.</span></div></div><p><br /> </p>harry bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853116370799042788noreply@blogger.com0