164 - EMERGING FROM LIVERPOOL - DAVE EDWARDS - WATERCOLOUR & INK - 2006
This is a painting I did three years ago. It was intended as a tribute to the great city of Liverpool, England and whilst being a bit whimsical it did include images of the Anglican Cathedral, the Catholic Cathedral, Saint John’s Beacon and of course the Beatles.
I swapped it with a popular Vancouver (Canada) artist, John Ferrie, for one of his lovely floral acrylics.
I wish I’d never swapped now … although I still like John’s painting and it still
hangs on our wall.
Owing to a misunderstanding of English etiquette, when I sent John a photo of his painting hanging on our wall he failed to reciprocate. A photo of my painting hanging on John’s wall would have meant an awful lot to me, ‘cos I really respected the guy.
Instead of good-naturedly returning my compliment, he claimed I was forcing him to “jump through hoops” when I reminded him a month later. He refused to take the photo and stopped emailing me, claiming I must be suffering from depression … sad, but these things happen and I wish him no ill … he’s a good artist and was a good friend while it lasted. Wherever you are John, I wish you a happy 2009.
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Linda Callaghan
what a fabulous painting Dave..great imagination you have there! Great tribute!
BLYTHART replied
Thanks Linda … glad someone likes it. I am an imaginative “lad” at times ;)
Romo
Fantastic Painting:)
Tom Gomez
This is very good …
John Edwards
Inspiring work Dave
mmargot
Very cool, Dave!
Glad you are so ecumenical giggle...
...this makes me happy just with the color.
grarbaleg
Man my all time favourite band which is strange cos I have passed it on to my sons whom are 13 and 15 and I am aussie and 38 we love there messages this is a fabulous peice man when u gone the candian will be looking though the draw for his now very valuable peic of yours ois a lost peice with history so is worth much more calls his wife she promptly informs she gave it to the charity cos you didn’t like it lol
AnitaInverarity
Brilliant work Dave- love it- I have done the Fab Four a few times, alway a great subject too xxxxx
amanda Rae
brilliant….
Karin Taylor
fantastic work Dave, has rythmn and vibe…and movement…a great statement, and it keeps me coming back to look at it over and over again…..a truly memorable piece of which you can feel so very proud!
Brian Towers
I’ve seen the original Dave and agree that we sometimes wish we had kept hold of our art which we later think of as ‘special’.
helene ruiz
excellent!
AngelArtiste
This is very nice and excellent
Matthew Chambe...
Wow, nice colours
Shanina Conway
It’s wonderful work Dave and I can see why you regret swapping it…..all the magical of Liverpool;)
BLYTHART
Thanks! I’d love to see what you really look like :) You freak me out with that scary avatar picture :) I have always had a healthy fear of women anyway, but my wife is only five foot, so she ain’t too scary :) There were three very dominant middle-aged women at church when I was a little lad and I think they put the fear of God in me :) I was constantly being scolded.
Firedrake
Haha…I love this one! The bare feet and everything!
Alexandra Felgate
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!! I am a HUGE Beatles fan, and when I visited Liverpool back in 2000 I totally fell in love with the city, so much so I seriously considered moving there…...a long way from home!! This is a fantastic piece (not suprised you regret the swap, although I’m sure John’s work is lovely)
BLYTHART replied
I’ve always liked Liverpool, because as a child I often visited my Grandma in Wrexham, Wales and later in life I visited a friend at Southport, so I regularly visited Liverpool
Alexandra Felgate
I’d love to visit the city again (quite frankly I’d just love to visit the UK again) but its so expensive for us to travel to Europe, I doubt it’ll be any time soon…....I’ll just keep dreaming!
BLYTHART replied
I’d like to see Australia, but it’s too expensive.
paul romanowski
HEY, PEOPLE THE FAB FOUR IS REVIVED YET AGAIN…IN WANDER FULL STYLE TOO…
andrea verstegen
so cool, love the attitude on those guys, especially john as he leads the way….
Liesl Yvette W...
Love this painting honey. ounds like your friend was not really in a good “place” at the time. Maybe he will come round eventually…
Von McKnelly
Pfffft! We all can be temperamental artist from time to time….save me o/c. lol
Killer tribute dude…love the pastels.
brettisagirl
i love this drawing :} the colors and lines make me smile… great album too by the way!
BLYTHART replied
My son bought me a boxed set of biographies of the Beatles … one book each. Rowan ( my son) likes Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc. It makes me feel young to know that many young people today like music that I started liking back in the sixties and seventies. The gap between generations isn’t so big these days. I never bothered with the music my parents liked, but Rowan and I went to see Joe Satriani together and both enjoyed the music. I also like modern music … well, some of it :) Thanks for putting me on your Watchlist.
Catherine Howell
Wonderful painting, and I love the story that you put with it:):)
Monica Engeler
Totally awesome. I am a big fan of the beatles. Just love this brings back a lot of memories.
gurgie
this is really great! love it
MoonSpiral
This is an awesome painting, sorry to hear the story with the swap. How hard is it to take a darn picture?
♥Trena Sheffi...
BLYTHART replied
Wow – thanks – I wish I still had the painting then I could upload a higher definition version.
Lynda Robinson
Congratulations Dave – This is a really unique and beautiful painting. Well deserved feature.
Pam Hunt-Bromf...
It’s a lovely piece Dave. Congrats.