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In 2013, to get back into painting after a gap of 15 years, I started attending a weekly painting group led by Margaret SP, which provides encouragement and sharing of ideas and techniques, and has helped me to continue painting in busy times.<\/p>\n
One person there, on seeing photographs of some of the best of my paintings, suggested I print those in book form.\u00a0 Upon reflection I realized these paintings record more about me than mere photographs of people, so I took up the idea, and prepared a draft book.<\/p>\n
But I found that only including the best of my paintings tells only half the story.\u00a0 To give a more complete picture of the challenge of painting that I enjoy, I included all that I have available, including many I view as unfinished or failures.<\/p>\n
That book remained a draft, waiting on me to produce many more paintings to make it worthwhile, but other things intervened to take up my time.<\/p>\n
And if I printed that book, it would soon be out of date if I was still able to paint; a record of my paintings needs to have the dynamic nature of a website.<\/p>\n
After preparing a website for my sketching group, I found it could be done, and here it is.<\/p>\n
To my family, friends, fellow painters, and anyone interested in the beauty around us, I hope you enjoy these pages.<\/p>\n
John C<\/em><\/p>\n Adelaide, Australia<\/em><\/p>\n February, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”||||||||” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.92)” max_width=”700px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”3%|3%|3%|3%|true|true” border_width_all=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nWhy Paint?<\/h3>\n