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Great Horned Owl drawing (2 Viewers)
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John Richard
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Thank you all for your comments and taking the time to look. The ELk and Mountain Lion are in progress, there is alot of work left to do on them. I have found that I like to have alot of paintings going at the same time. It helps me think and find soultions when I get hung up on a part of a painting. Carl Rungius, wow what nice thing to say. Love his work, a true master. Something to shoot for, to able to paint as well as he could. Thanks again for looking. JR
kittykat23uk
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Awesome work John I wish I had half the talent you have!
John Richard
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mcw
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Particularly like the background to the Ruffed Grouse at this stage, forms a nice pattern of stipples and stripes with the different light on the birches - look forward to seeing how it develops. Any chance of seeing how your earlier Varied Thrush turned out, or is it still frozen in time? (I have a couple of 'works in progress' dating back to '98 - they'll get there one day).
Mike
www.michaelcwood.co.uk
Mike
www.michaelcwood.co.uk
John Richard
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Thanks for your comments Mike, I have not touched the Varied Thrush for a while. I will start back on it in November. I've been preparing new boards to work on this winter. I start more paintings than I should, but as of now I have no way to store finished paintings, and it is easier to stack them together unfinished. That way if they get marked up it is easier to repair them. My new studio is yet unheated but when it is finished in a few years I'll have racking to store quite a few paintings safely. Here is a close up of the Ruffed Grouse. The painting is 69" X 46". I'm thinking it needs a diagonal fallen tree below the Grouse. Thanks, John
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mark richards
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great stuff....mark..
solitaryVSong
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I know I looked at the recent works in progress a number of times and thought I'd commented. But I see not! In any case nice to see them all. It will be interesting to see how they all develop so keep us posted.
John Richard
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Recent efforts
Greetings, I don't have much to show except for these new in progress works. I was looking forward to getting alot done this winter but have been slowed by trauma to the eye causing a torn retina. I work with invoices all day and by the time I'm home it is very tiring to look to draw. Makes me value my eyesight all the more. The doctors say the eye should heal/clear up in about six weeks. Seasons Greetings to all! Thanks for looking. John
Greetings, I don't have much to show except for these new in progress works. I was looking forward to getting alot done this winter but have been slowed by trauma to the eye causing a torn retina. I work with invoices all day and by the time I'm home it is very tiring to look to draw. Makes me value my eyesight all the more. The doctors say the eye should heal/clear up in about six weeks. Seasons Greetings to all! Thanks for looking. John
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John Richard
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Update and some fun
I know I'm slow but a little progress is better than none. The moose is from a Bob Kuhn painting that I would love to own. That will never happen! So I decided to do an interpretation of it for my office. Copying it is not the goal, in my own way I'm taking my hat off to Mr Kuhn. His brush work is amazing, powerful and quick. I wish I could have met him. Thanks for looking, John
I know I'm slow but a little progress is better than none. The moose is from a Bob Kuhn painting that I would love to own. That will never happen! So I decided to do an interpretation of it for my office. Copying it is not the goal, in my own way I'm taking my hat off to Mr Kuhn. His brush work is amazing, powerful and quick. I wish I could have met him. Thanks for looking, John
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Steve Heath
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Beautiful work John. Intimate, detailed and full of life. Hope the eye is healing well - scary injury for anyone but as an artist it must have been very traumatic.
solitaryVSong
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I particularly like the pencil sketch John. Hope your eye is coming along alright. That is a scary injury.
