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acrylic on 8oz cotton 900mm x 600mm

near the finish line...

.... a little more refining and the odd correction, but for posting puposes, this is it. I'm away to Taranaki next weekend, probably be able to take a few photos and maybe check out this door in Eltham.

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one more weekend ….

… and I can think about another image. It is near Christmas and I like to help my wife out by choosing some books for this special day. I have ordered two Thomas Struth books: ‘Unconscious Places’ and ‘walking’.  There is a certain quietness about his images, the same reason I like Robert Adams, just saying because this is possibly the direction I would like to go with my paintings.

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on the home straight ... maybe a couple of weekends to go

I have calculated these paintings are taking approximately 16 days to complete. I have been looking at photorealist work (in books from the library) but they seem to be more interested in reflections and shiny things like  automobiles. For me it is the photographers whose strongest work was from the 70's and 80's,  people like William Eggleston, and Robert Adams that inspire me.

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this week I have been mostly adding grey, white and a little raw umber

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the detail bits are moving ahead …

For the next few weeks I may only have a day and half per week to work on this as I make up some work time. Next year I’m hopeful that I will have more time painting.