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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Roger Kettle on July 03, 2011, 06:31:22 PM
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As I've mentioned before, my daughter's partner is a hugely talented artist. For my birthday, my family got together and commisioned a painting by him---a still life of a few of my favourite things. If you go to www.stevenhigginson.co.uk (http://www.stevenhigginson.co.uk) you can see the work for yourself. Just click on page four of the "still life" section and it's the last painting there. I absolutely love it. Steven has now gone full time as a painter and is building quite a reputation. He's also on that thingie called Facebook for anyone who's interested.
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As I've mentioned before, my daughter's partner is a hugely talented artist. For my birthday, my family got together and commisioned a painting by him---a still life of a few of my favourite things. If you go to www.stevenhigginson.co.uk (http://www.stevenhigginson.co.uk) you can see the work for yourself. Just click on page four of the "still life" section and it's the last painting there. I absolutely love it. Steven has now gone full time as a painter and is building quite a reputation. He's also on that thingie called Facebook for anyone who's interested.
Fantastic, Roger!
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Lovely present Roger.
One of our wedding presents is a town scene by the wife's former art teacher (Roy Lappage), showing a couple of market stalls with Ruth's maiden name and our family name on. It is treasured as it is so personal.
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Lovely work indeed, Roger - compliments to the artist!
He's captured your love of... er... Lucozade beautifully. The only element that requires expansion for me is the image in the picture frame. I suspect it's a scene from your Portuguese retreat, but it looks like somewhere I feel I should know better. Please help.
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Yes, it's a scene from the beach in Portugal we head to. In case anyone is puzzled by the tangerine on the left, it represents Dundee United. (The colour of their strip---"The Tangerines" being a clever nickname).
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And what does the glass of whiskey represent?
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I'ts Drambuie, Diane, and it represents several happy evenings.
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"Whisky" Diane, if you add the 'e' it denotes Irish whisky, and I'm sure Roger would rather stick needles in his eyes than drink anything other than the finest 10 year old peat-smoked Glenlivet.
Your daughter's partner is certainly a talent, Roger, and a rare thing to see nowadays, a young man with an abiding interest in fruit.
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I'ts Drambuie, Diane, and it represents several happy evenings
... where he could not punctuate properly.
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I was not aware of the whisky/whiskey difference not being a drinker myself.
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Most whisky produced worldwide uses the "Whisky" spelling, only Irish and some US bourbons use 'Whiskey". I'm not much of a drinker either.
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I am 1/4 Irish you know.
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The rest must be water then.
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:)
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As last! A smile rather than a groan. Did you have a good National Day, Diane? Seen much of the Flight Lieutenant and his missus?
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I could have drove to see them today but had already made plans before they announced the trip to Slave Lake.
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Whoa there, Mr Mince!
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Wonderful present, Roger. Steven's very talented. I love his landscapes, too.
Don't like the peaty malts, myself. I prefer the smooth, clear taste of Dalwhinnie, a bottle of which I am getting for my birthday. I know, because I grabbed the last one off the shelf in Dan Murphy's the other day. ;-)