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Boogie Street
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Harry Bell the Artist. His Blog.
- Added on: Oct 1st, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Harry Bell
- Listed in: Arts Drawing
- Tags: painting oil townscapes
Recent Posts
Pharmacy
On Wednesday I overcame my reluctance and went to see Damien Hirst's installation Pharmacy at the Baltic. I don't like what Hirst does but thought it unfair to condemn a piece of work without actually seeing it. So I met up with my old mate John and ...
Robert Holdstock (1948 - 2009)
This Winter continues to pry my fingers loose from all sense of reality. At the weekend, 29th November, Robert Holdstock died after collapsing on the 18th with what proved to be a serious E.coli infection . He was only 61. I knew Rob when I was activ...
Old Drawings #48
Saltwell Park "Frying Pan" (Charcoal, compressed charcoal on cartridge paper, 16.5 x 23 ins)I've always liked this view - I've drawn it several times over the years and even started a small painting which failed to take off.Saltwell Towers and its gr...
Old Drawings #47
Steps by Saltwell Towers (Charcoal, compressed charcoal on cartridge paper, 16.5 x 23 ins)Walking down the path in the previous Old Drawing, you come to this set of steps next to the Towers. The Towers building at the time was hidden behind the dilap...
Old Drawings #46
Saltwell Park - By the Towers. (Charcoal, compressed charcoal on cartridge paper; 19 x 33 ins)In 1998 I began to think about drawing the countryside rather than the town. I don't live in the countryside, however, so I decided the next best thing migh...
Maquette
The maquette is inaccessible, I'm afraid, but here are two photos, touched up with some wobbly Photoshoppery, which give some idea of how it looks.The studio assistant with responsibility for sculpture proved her future value by saying, "You've been ...
