Paul Foxton -

My Name: Paul Foxton

My Website/Blog: http://www.learning-to-see.co.uk

Location: Epsom, UK

Artwork Count: 8

Profile Views: 2505

Followers: 117

Joined On: Aug 21, 2008

About Me

I draw and paint. Small things mostly, that catch my eye. Three years ago I returned to the easel after a long gap (the world can be confusing sometimes) and realised that I was rubbish and had to retrain myself. Still life seemed a good place to start, and somewhere along the way I got hooked on it. I'm mostly interested in light. I like those quiet, peaceful little moments that you find in odd corners of the day, and try to get something of that into my pictures.

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Joanne Giesbrecht - 8/21/2008 4:31:00 PM

Paul, I would say your "retraining" has been highly successful. Your paintings are beautiful with a quiet and contemplative spirit about them.

Susan Sjobergs - 8/31/2008 8:36:00 PM

Paul, Your work is beautiful!

Paul - 9/2/2008 6:23:00 PM

Thanks Susan!

Regina Calton Burchett - 9/3/2008 2:33:00 AM

Paul - I''m looking forward to seeing more of your work - especially in color! The painting of the iron is lovely - colors, composition and the feeling of quiet beauty. Wonderful!

Paul - 9/3/2008 4:31:00 PM

Thanks very much Regina. I should have a couple of colour ones coming soon. The iron painting is a study for a larger one, the same set up as the drawing, which I'' working on at the moment. It seems to be taking forever...

Rita Marandino - 9/6/2008 11:21:00 PM

Hi Paul, Thanks for the lovely comment. That is very funny and coincidental that you saw my painting in your frame shop! I presume it is Porcelain and Fruit? It was one of mine that was selected for the Small Works Catalogue for The Greenwich Workshop. It seems to really be getting around.

darrell baschak - 9/7/2008 10:49:00 PM

Paul, the curious thing about your black and white images, in particular the olives, is that I can see the colour in them. I believe the Asian sumi e painters tend to achieve a similar result. Wonderful work!

Paul - 9/7/2008 11:04:00 PM

Thanks Darrel, that''s very nice to hear. I think it''s all in the values - something of a personal obsession with me :)

Alex Perez - 9/10/2008 8:25:00 PM

elegant,great composition and professional.

WR Jones - 9/17/2008 1:57:00 PM

Some beautiful pieces here, Paul. I really admire that green iron.

Ron Johnson - 9/18/2008 12:47:00 AM

Way to keep it honest. Great paintings.

Irene Osborne - 9/30/2008 6:03:00 PM

Hi Paul, I just love your still life studies, though it would be really nice to see more in colour. Your work is painted with much sensitivity for the subject matter. Thanks for sharing. Irene

Fábio - 10/6/2008 10:11:00 PM

What a beautiful sense of light in your paintings.Color and composition are remarkable.

- 10/6/2008 10:17:00 PM

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I''ll try to get some more work uploaded soon, with a couple of colour pieces.