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John Dyer

"I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting."

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"I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting."

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Amber Hurdle

"A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

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Amber Hurdle

"I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting."

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Amber Hurdle

"Sunlight is painting."

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Amber Hurdle

"I want to die painting."

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Amber Hurdle

"But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure I wanted in the painting, and then collage on the painting with printed dots or painted paper or something before I really committed it."

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Amber Hurdle

"Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal."

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Amber Hurdle

"Well, I have a very simple method of painting."

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Amber Hurdle

"Painting is a hobby for me."

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Amber Hurdle

"It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world."

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Amber Hurdle

"Writing and Painting are the same for me."

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John Dyer
"My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect."

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John Dyer
"I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing."

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John Dyer
"I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work."

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John Dyer
"The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea."

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John Dyer
"I use about 20 different colours to retain the luminance in my work."

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John Dyer
"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love."

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John Dyer
"The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside."

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John Dyer
"The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one."

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John Dyer
"I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time."

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John Dyer
"While I was at college studying design I decided to paint. I was also greatly inspired by the colours that I had seen on my travels in the Brazilian Rain forest."

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