And Geoffrey, I particularly like the dour Leonard portrait posted on the 21st (my timezone) -- nice to see a bit of colour!

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so beautiful, thank you for showing. i notice that your friends persistently refer to you as 'bev'/'beverley', and if it is all right with you i too will call you by your first name. this issue has come up before, and i am sure you gave your blessing; but should i be mistaken it is no problem to continue using your moniker. your glass windows reminds me of a window in a church very close to my home. it is called volsdalen kirke, and is decorated with many pictures by the late artist frans widerberg. from the altar to the roof is what we call a 'splint' - a long thin segmented stained glass window. spending up to five days on a picture is impressive, you must really be dedicated to do that. i recently spent two days on a picture, the big one hanging in the police station, but it was only for an hour or two each day. i was so fed up with it after all that time.B4real wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:15 am Hi again Geoffrey,
I’ve just this minute taken the photo below of my double hung window in the bathroom with the underwater scene I designed and painted over 30 years ago using the same transparent stained-glass paints and 3D tube leading as for the previous fish artwork - thanks for your kind words about it!
I have retouched the design below in some areas a few times over the years and you are right in saying there would be some deterioration because as you can see from my image, there is. The window faces the harsh western sun but it’s a cloudy day today so the light behind the glass isn’t as bright as normal – here the sun is nearly always shining!
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btw - I spend as long as it takes to accomplish my artwork whether that's 5 minutes or 5 days![]()
I was once again admiring your lovely piece of artwork/interior design, enjoying the various different fish and other underwater life depicted. That makes me wish to ask you, Bev, if you've ever been snorkelling or diving and thus if you have first-hand experience with those wonderful creatures? I have snorkelled quite a lot over the years -- on holidays, of course! -- including on the Great Barrier Reef in your general neck of the woods, and I've never ceased to be thrilled and amazed at the beautiful and fascinating array of colours, patterns, shapes, and sizes of the animals and plants who inhabit those areas. It is truly like visiting another world, absolutely magical and life-changing!
Ah, that looks wonderful -- that clear water, fabulous! What a lucky gal you were (and are!) to live in such a warm and beautiful place. Of course, where I live has its beauty, too -- but I am still envious!
brilliant, in every way. my first thought when seeing this psychedelic turtle was that it would make a splendid eye-catching brooch, perhaps made of precious stones and worn by a princess. turtles are lovely peaceful creatures, and their endearing reputation is another reason why i dislike leonard's 'jazz police' song. apart from his disrespectful attitude towards turtles, jazz is my least favourite genre of music.LisaLCFan wrote:here's a painting I did a year or two ago of one of my favourite denizens of the sea, although not quite a realist depiction: