Golden Punts

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Magdalen Bridge, Oxford, punts

by Magdalen Bridge, Oxford.  Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Oxford’s Ubiquitous Bikes

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bikes, cycles, Oxford

Photos by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Oxford Satire

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Boris Johnson, cocaine, pet toys, Satire

Seen in Oxford shop window   Photo by Candia

Woodland Walk

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Autumnal walk, Buscot Park, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, woodland

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Masai Village

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acrylic painting, dawn, dusk, Flame trees, gold leaf, Masai village, sponge roller

at dawn, high noon, early evening, in moonlight and at dusk.

Acrylic painting by Candia Dixon-Stuart.

Spot the birdie!

Summer and Autumn – The Compleat Angler

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angling, Buscot Park, Compleat Angler, Izaak Walton, Oxfordshire

Twenty First Century Izaak Walton by Candia Dixon-Stuart

La Fille Aux Orchidees

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acrylics, Chris Ofili, Henri Rousseau, naive style, nose stud, orchids, portraiture, re-vitalised paintings

Don’t quite know how this image evolved.  I had painted a tangle of orchids and no longer liked it.  I rolled over it in red craft acrylic, but you could still see the shadows of the orchids.  There was a gap at the centre, so I thought I’d paint a silhouette of a woman’s face.  The black acrylic I used was cheap and so it was slightly transparent.  I started to enjoy the naive style and the girl’s over-slender neck.  I gave her some gold leaf ear-rings and a nose stud and… voila!  It is not Chris Ofili – no elephant dung was utilised in the process.  It isn’t Henri Rousseau – no tiger attacking her, but her eyes are mesmeric.  What do you think?  It is not my usual style – whatever that is!

 

Conkers

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children's games, conkers, Horse Chestnut trees

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Neon Ridgeway

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Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, Ridgeway

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart.

Stormtrooper Spies on Surreal Scene

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Cotswold Village, Existential choice, Lower Slaughter, riding lesson, Star Wars, stormtrooper, Surrealism

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart