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“People want to know what a painting is about, but I don’t as long as I enjoy the image – a purely visual image.” Basil Blackshaw
'Portrait of Jude'1989 by #BasilBlackshaw. Jude Stephens was Basil's friend and model for more that thirty years. “He was a man who found wonder in ordinary things and transformed them into something extraordinary that will live on,” said Ms Stephens.
"He had the knack of finding comedy in many situations, and anyone who knew Basil inevitably experienced this mischievous sense of humour that was usually lurking just beneath the surface." Jude Stephens.
Untitled (Dog) by #BasilBlackshaw acrylic on paper, 94 x 132cm.
'Night Rider' by #BasilBlackshaw. "Certainly nobody else alive could have imagined these works, let alone painted them. The large Night Rider of 2001 (5 x 7ft)is one of the high-points of his output and shows his flair for using a somewhat forgotten popular song". Brian Fallon.
His ability to capture the soul and movement of the animals he painted is incredible. This amazing and sensitive painting is of 'Storm' one of #BasilBlackshaw's own lurchers.
#BasilBlackshaw 'Pink Dog' (1989) oil on canvas 48 x 60 in.
Jude Stevens: "to his local mates he is "a 'dog man' first and foremost ... a breeder or trainer of distinction, and just coincidentally a well-known painter."
'Tommy Orr, Blacksmith' 2010. Oil on canvas by #BasilBlackshaw
'Big Brown Dog' by #BasilBlackshaw @ArtsCouncilNI collection.
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When our eyes are cast upon another, are we in fact gazing into the depths of a mirror?
'Head of a Traveller IV' 1984. #BasilBlackshaw
Such a sensitive and intelligent painting : 'Purple Horse' by #BasilBlackshaw for #TuesdayThoughts
"All my life I tried to make good paintings". 'Seated Nude" by #BasilBlackshaw #SundayMorning
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#HappyHalloween "Night Rider" by #BasilBlackshaw painted in 2001 and front cover of @IrishArtsReview winter 2002. 152.5 x 213.5cm
Something wonderfully playful in @TrinaHobson interpretation of her hero artist Basil Blackshaw.
It is with great sadness that we learn of the recent death of Basil Blackshaw: https://t.co/sUnvNUBDBQ