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| Spring Forward, 30 x 20 cm, egg tempera on panel, | 
Figgy wants to watch optimistic films.  Our box sets tend to be dark. I remember after 9/11 I couldn't watch anything mean or scary. In the face of a pandemic it turns out my first instinct is to paint a harmonious world. 
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| The Man I Met in the Kerio Valley, egg tempera on panel, 16 x 24 cm. | 
One good thing about lockdown is people can't get away, so Patrick sat for me.  I had been wanting to paint him in that hat for months.
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| Odd Sunny Saturday, egg tempera on panel, 30 x 20 cm. | 
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| Certainly The Wild Cherry, pastel on book page, Nature Rambles, | 
And today I began filling a new sketchbook: Nature Rambles. Sketching in lockdown should help me to see the special views around me again.  The cherry tree is in full bloom, so full of hope.