Sneak Peek

By: Annette Johnson

Sneak Peek
Growing up in Tasmania and being surrounded by the sea has made me just a touch blase about it but his glorious painting by Elena Parashko featuring in Fine Art & Decorative Painting Vol 17 No 7 - on sale April, 2010 connected me to it straight away and I could just imagine being there - with a beach umbrella, a good book and an alarm clock to wake me! Oh, OK, maybe a few treats as well! I always believe there has to be some emotion stirred within me by a painting for me to like/love it and this one did exactly that!

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I'm actually going to paint this gorgeous picture. I have not painted for awhile as I've been so caught up with patchwork and designing other patterns. Over the weekend we actually had a glorious sunny day so I dragged out my oil paints, cleaned lids etc, found a canvas board and started painting, forgot how much I loved it. Since then I have borrowed every painting magazine I could find in our library, they arre scattered all over the lounge room floor, my dogs dont mind, and I'm having a fabulous time. Thank you to Fine Art and Decorating I love your magazine.

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