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@Wattie - love the skyscraper painting... that’s very much to my taste...
I like that a lot.
We went to the Gormley show at the RA not so long ago. Was seriously tempted by some prints.
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Thank you Jon, lets start some mutual appreciation as I really like you top painting. Reminds me of the famous view of earth from space. The second one is clever too...is it a painting as if it is i'm trying to figure out how on earth those raindrops were painted so reallistically. Presumably its a photo, raindrops in focus, background blurred?
He hates a wine by the look of things!Have a couple of Raymond Cambells in the dining room
Ohh now i am liking some of that. portraits/motorsports particularily.This artist is very versatile and very good:
BEN F JEFFERY
Ben Jeffery is a freelance artist specializing in oils. He produces stunning landscapes and vibrant portraits, he also accepts commissionswww.benfjeffery.com
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I certainly don't want to p*ss on anyone's parade, far from it, however, re: the world of art, in the many forms it takes, and, with a very heavy dose of ignorance, can someone explain to me the difference between "inspired by" and "plagiarism". The OP's "Lowry" for example.
There are many excellent motorsport artists, but if you like Ben's work you might also like Joff Carter's:Ohh now i am liking some of that. portraits/motorsports particularily.
bugger me that's impressive, never seen that before, is he the only painter to paint in this way for selfies?Another interesting thread. We have a diverse art collection, some very old, some new.
Here's an interesting recent purchase, a self portrait by Ewan McClure. Even more fascinating when you see how he paints self portraits (see video).
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It sits next to a late 17th Century portrait by Thomas Murray (1663-1734).
In reality, the latter painting is much larger than the first.
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Absolutely you have a point, it happens and whilst there’s probably a more professional answer, I’d imagine the cut and thrust of it is that firstly there’s really only so many styles, yes some do mimic but then there’s only so many real originals and they are out of reach to 99.99% of us.
So the ‘style of’ artist comes along and has talent in their own right, they themselves (unless in the business of forgery) have as style they like and the rest is history, affordable art, ‘inspired’ along the way but the really talented ones do sell.
with Sean Durkin I happen to know that his family incident with a Lowry painting, when he was aged 8, obviously flicked a small switch. He was paining for years and was approached to start selling his as I don’t believe he had any intention to.
I most certainly love the painting so happy all around.
well I didn't know I was an artist until a few days ago and id be happy with half the 130,000 euros for mine
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Thank you for that. I appreciate your thoughts on the point being made. I did consider not posting the question as some folks can get terribly defensive. Especially with something as personal as choice of art. You make a number of valid points yourself so thanks again. It's a great back story too!
Sold !! Lol
That really was a **** take. In both the price and the guy eating it, I assume it was actually staged for publicity?