BLYTHPHOTO - Journal

On Wednesday, 22nd June 2011 my wife and I attended the Duchess of Alnwick’s garden party … along with 8,000 other guests.

The guests of honour were her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip … and the footballer, Alan Shearer. We caught glimpses of the Queen over the heads of the 8,000 crowd (although my wife couldn’t see, being only five foot tall). We saw a much better view of the R…

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• I have copied this from my Blythart Journal as it may interest those who are Watching my Blythphoto account too. In retrospect, may I clarify that this is aimed at those who want to enter into the spirit of Redbubble, make contact with other artists, sell pictures, etc.*

To save further criticism of my efforts I have altered my title, which was originally “A REDBUBBLE REALITY CHECK”.

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I have been culling my portfolio tonight and have deleted 39 photographs … mainly ones that have received zero or no favouritings.

I spend all my time on my other Bubble – BLYTHART.

I apologise for not commenting on people’s work, but I tend to do that when I have my BLYTHART hat on :)

Cheers,

Dave Edwards (a.k.a. BLYTHART & BLYHPHOTO)

Before Redbubble “improved” I was able to browse among the groups and see if there were any I fancied joining. Since the alterations I haven’t been able to do this – where is the link to Groups nowadays please?

I once wrote: Style should be like a coat you put on when you want to … but it should never become a strait jacket you can’t escape from (Dave Edwards – 20th January 2008)

I’d like to introduce you to an artist who doesn’t wear a strait jacket and is adept in a few styles – MARGARET SANDERSON

Here are a few of her paintings and drawings which clearly show her versatility:

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One of my favourite artists, Karin Taylor kindly agreed to let me interview her. I am including some photos in this interview, but have left them till the end as you’ll probably want to read the interview first:

Hi Karin, it was so kind of you to agree to do an interview, so let us begin …
As you know, I have been a fan of your work since around the time you joined Redbubble and we have ch…

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If you haven’t seen the paintings of Blythart – please take a look. He is someone I am very close to – in a Jekyll & Hyde sort of way :)

Okay – it’s ME on my other Bubble :)

I have been working on my BLYTHPHOTO Bubble today and have created clickable thumbnail views of the work on my other Bubble … BLYTHART. Maybe you’d care to take a look at my newly organised Profile … please … pretty please :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

Just thought you’d like to hear my recent experience with our kitten.

Tonight, I climbed the metal ladder into my attic study to alter an acrylic painting I have been working on.

Rattle rattle … up comes Mitch, our seven month old lively kitten. First … take a look at the little guy … who couldn’t love him :)

Anyway … There I was, altering the sky in an acryl…

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David invited me to see his exhibition, which is this week at Hexham, Northumberland, England. I was truly impressed by the professionalism of his work. His choice of subjects, coupled with the way he treats them, creates a tranquil atmosphere for the viewer to bask in.

I’ve included a photo of the poster advertising his work, the entrance to the exhibition and of course David himself. A…

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