bizzard Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Do you mean Ron Hough? It doesn't look like his work to me. 1729drdetailP.jpg Rons seem to be in the majority when it comes to anything concerning historical boats especially the painting of scenes and flowers, past and present. Ron Seal for varnish work for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Rons seem to be in the majority when it comes to anything concerning historical boats especially the painting of scenes and flowers, past and present. Ron Seal for varnish work for example. Doh - I should have known better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Do you mean Ron Hough? It doesn't look like his work to me. 1729drdetailP.jpg Bizzard's boat is definitely not Ron Hough's work. Ray's picture is his work, so are these :- Edited February 29, 2016 by David Schweizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Bizzard's boat is definitely not Ron Hough's work. Ray's picture is his work, so are these :- In my umble opinion these are rather too neat, stark, lifeless and a rather boring. At least mine have a bit of life and movement although a bit wonky and scruffy. I prefer mine. Edited February 29, 2016 by bizzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 In my umble opinion these are rather too neat, stark, lifeless and a rather boring. At least mine have a bit of life and movement although a bit wonky and scruffy. I prefer mine. And you are entitled to your opinion. Do i detect that you did them your self? As matter of opinion, what is your view of these :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 And you are entitled to your opinion. Do i detect that you did them your self? As matter of opinion, what is your view of these :- The can and flowers are beautifully and neatly done, (fine art) but I think too neat and transfer like. The castle scene has a little more movement because of the clouds which are well executed and quite lifelike, but very little shadow and light and shade again makes it not very artistic, in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Came across this Reg Barnett tray, a bargain for £9.99. Very pleased. Terence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Hello Terence, you and Chrissy OK? Tray looks a fake to me I'll give you £10 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Is the paint still wet? Pretty good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fittie Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Or this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) Or this Well executed design but reminds me strongly of "roses" I saw in Czechoslovakia back in the 1970's. There was a lot of folk art to be seen in hotels back then and had very much in common with our "rose & castle" decoration and "brightwork". It was much the same in some areas of Austria too where times were a "bit backward". Edited March 8, 2016 by Laurence Hogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bearwood Boster Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I go to a local Austrian restaurant & a lot of the folk art displayed there is very similar to the rose & castle artwork on boats. Trina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Here's another. They come from the Nizhny Novgorod area of Russia, next to the Volga to the east of Russia. The tradition had almost disappeared by the 1950s, and had been revived. Nizhny Novgorod had one of the largest markets inEurope, served by boats on the Volga, as seen in the second photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moore Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Hi Paul The roses you posted are, to my eyes, something of a hybrid.....knobstick style backgrounds with simpler southern petals superimposed afterwards. No idea who painted them, the style suggests a more recent painter than the older dockyard styles, especially characterised by the very neat white dots surrounding the leaves. Perhaps the painter has some previous art experience, just a feeling I get from looking at them. Do you have any more information to share? The brushwork of the Russian samples is superb, in my eyes....speedily and confidently painted with great skill. There are many similarities between European floral folk art and English canal painting, all of which rely on the use of the brush to present a relatively simple representation of petal work, leaf veins etc, compared to the botanical realism that a trained artist would achieve...folk art is generated by painters who, in the main, are unsophisticated in artistic terms, seeking to enhance their surroundings with decoration. I refer interested members to Tony Lewery's work " Flowers Afloat ", a treasury of English canal folk art from trading days. He has explored and explains all this in much more detail and in greater eloquence than I can do at the moment. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 I vaguely remember messaging you Dave after a lady from Russia who could hardly speak English, fawned over your work (on my boat) - suggesting it reminded her very much of home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Alan W Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 any thoughts? There used to be a lady pottery painter ( who worked at Wedgewoods) she had some connections to boating family's & could more;or less copy any painters style although her own style was a variation on Knobstick I had one of her door panels way back which was very similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 This can has just sold on Ebay - any ideas as to the maker of the can or the painter ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) This can has just sold on Ebay - any ideas as to the maker of the can or the painter ? Although it is early afternoon and as the sun is over the yard arm, actually it is hissing it down here in Perth. Back here after 3 nights in Wick. I've had some Merlot and I reckon the painter is Rolf Harris. Will I get a warning for this? Edited June 14, 2016 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Although it is early afternoon and as the sun is over the yard arm, actually it is hissing it down here in Perth, I've had some Merlot and I reckon the painter is Rolf Harris. Will I get a warning for this? No can't be Rolf Harris, as it isn't painted on a sheet of hardboard, with 4" paintbrushes (can you tell what it is yet?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) Although it is early afternoon and as the sun is over the yard arm, actually it is hissing it down here in Perth. Back here after 3 nights in Wick. I've had some Merlot and I reckon the painter is Rolf Harris. Perhaps it is just as well that it is the can that interests me more than the paint, i.e. I do not recall ever seeing a can with a clip to hold the top flap closed Edited June 14, 2016 by pete harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) With regards to the little clip on the lid I have seen that before but on very few cans. Judging from the metalwork and the finishing this is not a production line can like Bococks, Joseph Ash and others made. In reality after comparing it to quite a few seen in photos I think this is a proper "Buckby can" made at Long Buckby, the spout is quite large which I believe was a trademark of that can maker. Edited June 14, 2016 by Laurence Hogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Perhaps it is just as well that it is the can that interests me more than the paint, i.e. I do not recall ever seeing a can with a clip to hold the top flap closed For a lot of years when I had no boat I still had a couple of cans that I bought in the 1970s hanging around in various lofts. I'm fairly certain both had that additional part to cause the lids to "catch" closed, so I suspect this one might be from that kind of era. That said, I have no memory of where I bought my examples. All I know is I eventually sold them for peanuts at a car boot sale, declaring I would never be likely to ever own a boat to use them on again. Got that wrong, didn't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Perhaps it is just as well that it is the can that interests me more than the paint, i.e. I do not recall ever seeing a can with a clip to hold the top flap closed The Water Can I bought near the Farmers Bridge flight in the late 1960's has a clip on the lid, but the can illustrated is not the same profile as mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Cannot anyone make a stab at who the painter was? Looks to my eye to be a Charity Dock example, and certainly a hand finished can like which came from the Buckby shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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