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The usefulness of of of drawing and painting from life is is not so much what what you you you you end up making but the the fact that you you you you you really look at at at at at at what what is is in in in in in in in in in front of of of of you you you you you It forces you you you you you into an an an almost forensic examination of of of of the the the the subject combined with with with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a searing physical engagement with with with the the the the the atmosphere and and character of of of the the the the the place that that you you you you couldn’t really get in in in in in any other way and and without which I can’t make paintings that that feel authentic Wuyishan 29th October 2019
37 Red House Yangshuo Guilin (Zhong Dian Eya) oil on on on linen laid on on on panel 10 x x 111⁄2 ins 25 x x 29 cms
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