Curly Bob was pawing his way through my back catalogue over the week end. He has reminded me that I should also include some of my drawings for sharing with the Blogosphere. So here are 2 which he tells me I did several years ago.
Autumn Leaves – Watercolour
At Heaven’s gate(After Van Gogh) - Watercolour circa 2004
I have started to draw again so the new ones will be published as soon as the archive is used up.
Regards
Vanbear7 & Curly Bob
Bob checks his stats everyday since he allowed me to set up my blog and website which he hosts on my behalf. He is troubled that he has not been buried by a tidal wave of feedback, comments and presents from well wishers.
I have explained that he has several people who have been kind enough to list him in their circles and follow him on Twitter. However he is a very impatient bear and has told me to post a couple of paintings on his Blog at least twice per week to get things going. As a bear, Bob is a newcomer to the art world which can be quite conservative but he isn’t the sort of bear to let that stand in his way.
Andalucian Village ~ Oil on Canvas 2009.
I used to paint in a far more subtle or muted palette. However Bob (who knows about these things) advised me to branch out into brighter colours following his trip to Provence, France a couple of years ago.
They have been well received locally but he wanted to find out what people further afield thought.
Arabian Desert ~ Oil on Canvas 2009.
I plan to meet Bob’s schedule . If there are any lapses it will no doubt be due to my toiling over a canvas or three under his watchful gaze.
Best wishes from Curly Bob & myself.
Vanbear7
This is the first official step into the netherworld of the Blogosphere, hopefully having got to grips with the relevant programs.
I cannot see that anyone would have the faintest interest in my life to date so the reader will be spared that ordeal and in any case there isn’t that much to say.
I finished work some years ago. I had taken up painting around 2002/3 and was a member of 3 local clubs on and off. I exhibited several times through the clubs with some reasonable success. For various reasons I have decided that I want to give most of my work for sale through some local charity shops which we want to support.
Therefore the work I have on the web is not for sale directly. The sites I am using are merely galleries to show the sort of stuff I do or did.
I am now painting works, mainly based upon, but not exclusively around North wales/Cumbria and Provence both of which we visit for our holidays.
I plan to post works at regular intervals but am also considering posting some of my better sketches as they arise and from past trips.
Please feel free to let me have any thought, preferably constructive via
vanbear7@gmail.com
I have placed the running of this blog in the not so safe paws of my business associate, Curly Bob who is possibly the worlds first philanthropic bear.
By the way when I ventured onto the web some 15 years ago or more I was known as Vanbear. In my absence I see that there is now a plethora of users with that name so you will find most of my work under the name A.Vanbear or Vanbear7. Simple really..
Enjoy
