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Inspiration From Artist Week 111 Featuring Artist : Paul Cezanne and Ben Taffinder
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A painter whose name you'd know if I were indelicate to tell you it complained - or carped, anyway - when I showed him an illustration in R O Dunlop's book on oil painting, contrasting a photograph of a wintry scene with Cézanne's painting of it; Dunlop admired the way Cézanne had cut out so much of the confusing detail, and simplified the image. Our painter - that'll be Mr X - said he'd much prefer the painting with all the detail in it.
You can see why I won't tell you his name. Entitled to his opinion, but.... well, that was just daft. I'm entirely with Sylvia in her view of Cézanne - he's an artist whose work makes me feel better (no small trick when you're getting older and your arthritis has come out to play). His colour - and how well it's held up over the years, certainly by comparison with Van Gogh's (he could afford better paint than poor old Vincent) - is so clean, subtle, and at the same time strong.
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I’m jumping the starter gun and posting early as I will be out most of the day .
Ben Taffinder was born in Cirencester in 1981 , and has lived on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall since he was fourteen years old. Ben studied Fine Art at Falmouth College, he took up full time painting in 2010 , he paints in oils mostly using a knife . Ben paints outdoor directly from life within the landscape he feels a part of. He is constantly drawn to the sea which has been such a huge influence on his life and work.
Bio information was from The Harbour Gallery website.
I hope you enjoy my selection of his work.
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I take it that you like his work Robert ?. I have to say I’m very taken with his paintings particularly the last one , I’ve never used oils and can only imagine the skill needed to get such beautiful paintings. To have such talent and skill would be wonderful to say the least , we mere mortals must just plod on.
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I particularly like the moored boat, or is it a canal barge with the ropes in perspective, but I’m not overly keen on many of his landscapes.
Frankly, I’m more of a brushes man, I like brush marks in a painting…
I do like to see a mix of mainly brush with some knife marks however!
Why struggle to paint a seagull with a knife, when a brush is quicker and easier!
It does take a good degree of skill and I can appreciate that element!
I’ve seen lots of his work, mainly because of his representation with the gallery Paul mentioned, Harbour Gallery I believe it was, I get a monthly newsletter from them, and his work is obviously very popular!