Thursday, 18 July 2013

Bit grim this..

I was recently asked to do a painting for a client of a coastal scene.  This happens quite a bit and the nature of it means that sometimes the client will not like the painting.  I have got used to this now.  It's not brilliant but it happens.  I was a bit shocked recently when I was told this painting was turned down on the basis that there was a man in a motorised wheel chair in it!  Just thought I'd share that one with you all..


"Teignmouth 2013"  oil on board 8 x 24 inches

in the background there is the tunnel in the red cliffs where the coastal train track runs on through to Dawlish
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8 comments:

  1. Jacquie Hughes19 July 2013 at 06:19

    unbelievable! maybe you ought to ask beforehand what exactly they think a realist painter paints? or send them to the railings at Hyde Park on Sundays - you can buy any amount of sanitised crap there!

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  2. Javier Fuentes22 July 2013 at 07:23

    In a painting as complex as that, there are many chances to find a little pice that bother your client. It is a nonsense.

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  3. Unknown1 August 2013 at 05:29

    Hi Pete,
    I spoke to you while you were painting in Barcelona about the video on the ban of painting outdoors in Barcelona. Here it is...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpQr3tF06zs

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  4. Unknown1 August 2013 at 05:36

    I hope you will not be bothered as your work is so beautiful.

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  5. Victor Errington20 August 2013 at 10:51

    Hi Peter.
    brilliant painting. It is good that we are not all of the same mind eh? You have shown real life in a painting but somebody doesn`t see it that way, complaining that their is a poor chap in a wheel chair,
    thats life. All the best Peter.
    Vic.

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  6. Tom McQuiggan22 August 2013 at 02:14

    I'm sure you don't give a $#@! Peter because of course you know how good your work is and need not be bothered by small-minded baboons. Can't wait for your DVD to arrive - damn that slow postman!! :-)

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  7. Contemporary Impressionism. Paint art blog by Nop Briex.13 September 2013 at 02:30

    Hi Peter,

    I was in Bath this Summer, a kind of re-visit of my first Bath acquaintance during the 1970s. This Teignmouth-work is a great painting. I enjoy your DVD very much and in the meantime I'm improving my plein air painting skills thanks to your tutorials.

    Best regards from the Netherlands!
    Nop Briex, http://briexpleinair.blogspot.nl/

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  8. _Frankb1024 July 2014 at 11:35

    I guess you were pretty miffed about that Peter, as you lost a sale. The way some people's minds work sometimes is baffling. Maybe he had second thoughts about spending his dosh on one of your lovely paintings and used the wheelchair as a poor excuse.
    If you had produced this painting for me, I would have been highly delighted! :)

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