Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Ashes of my web page - Welcome to Lenas Gallery!!!

Rosie created it in 1998. I updated it in 2004. Disconnected it about 2006? Now Easynet deleted the pictures from their computer? Nothing lives forever!!!

I always loved paintings and painters.

Looking at live paintings and prints of them I saw the difference - the real thing looks different every time you look at it but the print is the same all the time.
After Bosch One  (1986) Oil on Canvas 20 x 16" £500
 The Last Tree (1997) Oil on Canvas 20 x 16" £400
As I could not afford the real things I decided to paint some, my first attempts were free copies of bits of Dali's paintings.

I discovered that I love doing it and the smell of turpentine and oil paints. It became an addiction, you could say, and my therapy, for if I felt down, if I started a new picture I became happy again. 

Maybe it was the smell and fumes of materials.

Then I found that others liked the results of my addiction - this was another kick!!! I had an exhibition in Stockholm in 1993 and in a Polish restaurant in London.

I hope you enjoy browsing through my page.

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