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Monday 17 November 2008

Dryslwyn garage

Disused garage in sunset.

6 comments:

Stephen Magsig said...

Simon, This is wonderful!

Simon Jones said...

Thanks a lot Stephen for the comment.Predictably youve picked a nostalgic industrial scene, in low sun.
This one attempts to bring together my 2 favourite dead painters, Hopper and de Chirico.
Great to hear from you, I have been stalking your blog for a while.

Anonymous said...

Simon, agree with Stephen this is very nice. You have captured the mystery in this place, made time stand still. Keep up the great work!
-Mike

Simon Jones said...

Thanks Mike, saw this place regularly when driving home in evening light. Found out yesterday that Hopper used to sketch from a moving car, presumably with his wife driving, I have tried taking pics from same, but by the time you have seen a bit of magic the composition has changed.

Sheila Vaughan said...

Great painting Simon. I thought I had commented on this but obviously I hadn't. I'd love to see some more "day time" ones although you handle dusk and gloom brilliantly. I just love the colours you use in the daytime scenes.

Simon Jones said...

Hi Sheila
thanks a lot for your comment and happy new year to you too. I see you have been pretty industrious over Christmas, I was just consumed heroic quantities of food and alcohol. Well I did a couple of paintings, but they are very middling. Sunny scenes, well I am about to post a couple of old paintings, I cant seem to paint out of season, it has to be recent.