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Happy New Year - It's been a Slow Start to 2024!

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Happy New Year - It's been a Slow Start to 2024!

Happy New Year 2024 to you all! It's quite likely that you've (like me) been enjoying the dubious pleasures of the 100 day cough! It may have been a virus or possibly three, according to my doctor! Either way, it has finally done one and I now feel that I can look forward to the year ahead, or what's left of it!   So here's what I'm planning for this year: Ongoing work on the LUFC murals and a new mural project is on the books for 2024. We'll be adding more of my 200+ paintings for sale on the...

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New Arrivals & What's Happening This Week

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New Arrivals & What's Happening This Week

It's been another busy week, I've been working on the New York Cityscape piece, it's very intricate and slow going!! You can take a look at the progress on my instagram feed, here: Johnny the painter (@johnnyinthe56artist) • Instagram photos and videos We've also added more original paintings to the website this week, they're all hand painted and include: Airport Crime Fiction Painting - pictured. A second Hunter S Thompson portrait - called 'On The Road'. A Japanese landscape on Mount Fuji and a temple. A piece of vintage French film inspired art - Rififi. Have a great weekend and thanks...

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This Week's News...

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This Week's News...

Hi, it's been a busy couple of weeks. We've been renovating our kitchen floor and now have it back to floorboards instead of broken tiles which is a massive improvement. I don't feel like I'm going to lose a toe every time I make a cuppa! It did take us waaay longer that we thought, but on the plus side we got a real workout - no bad thing! I have been working on the building piece and you can see the progress on Instagram.  Johnny the painter (@johnnyinthe56artist) • Instagram photos and videos The Astronaut piece was sold and...

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A couple of new pieces arrived in store this week

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A couple of new pieces arrived in store this week

After a short brake to rest and recuperate, we're back at it. During the summer I picked up some new skills to help me create my art and  spent time with family. This week I've been finishing another football piece. We've added aa couple of pieces to the store too. There's a Lapham inspired fan art  painting and also Billy Bremner x Victorian Gentlemen's Club portrait. Thanks & enjoy the summer warmth, whilst it's still with us! Johnnyinthe56  

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New In this week - Coen Bros Film Art & Space Art

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New In this week - Coen Bros Film Art & Space Art

It's another busy week and I've added more original paintings, including film art and space art pieces. I'm still working on the largescale detailed abstract piece, which is currently running at 9 sheets of A3! You can follow it's progress on instagram, my name id johnnyinthe56artist  Someone said me this week 'You seem to paint all the time'. Just to prove that I do stop sometimes, here's a little run down of what I'll be up to this week. When I'm not painting, I'll be out walking along the river, reading, cooking pasta, visiting family and watching films. The pot...

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