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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="22c7e290.jpg" border=0 width="126" height="41" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>PIGS </I><I><B>DO </B></I><I>FLY!</I></div> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Alan Mynall</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Arial" > |    </FONT> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alan Mynall">home</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Artist">About the Artist</A>   |   <B>News and Events</B>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location">Location</A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact">Contact</A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paintings and Stuff">Paintings and Stuff</A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Words">Words</A></div> <div> <I><B>News and Events</B></I></div> <div> <B>Last updated 24 May 2008</B></div> <div> <B>_____________________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Oxfordshire Artweeks</U></B></div> <div> OXFORDSHIRE VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.artweeks.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.artweeks.org">www.artweeks.org</A></div> <div> 3 May - 11May  2008</div> <div> What fun that was!</div> <div> Many thanks to all you who came along and joined in - especially those who bought stuff!</div> <div> You all made it a very successful time.</div> <div> I hope to be doing it all again next year. Meanwhile, if you want to see more, or to see some of it again, or if you missed it and want to have a look at what I do, please don't hesitate to get in touch to arrange a visit. I'm here most of the time.</div> <bR> <div> Till then, keep smiling!</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Oxford Art Society Members' Show</U></B></div> <div> Sunday 6 April - Sunday 4 May 2008</div> <div> Woodstock Museum Gallery, Woodstock, Oxon</div> <div> Tuesdays - Saturdays 10am - 5pm</div> <div> Sundays 2pm-5pm</div> <div> Closed Mondays</div> <div> Two of my recent oil paintings have been selected to hang in this exhibition: <I>"One Man and His Dog" </I>and <I>"Radley Oak 3"</I>, photos of which can be seen in the <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Latest Paintings">'Latest Paintings'</A> section here. Also four small, unframed pieces of my work will be in the browser at the exhibition: two hand-coloured giclee prints and two watercolours. Plus there is some quite good work from the other members of the society!</div> <div> Convenient parking is available on the street outside the museum - and it's free for up to three hours!</div> <div> There's a very pleasant cafe overlooking the museum garden in case you get peckish and need refreshment. The museum gallery is a very good venue, just a shame it's not in Oxford.</div> <div> Worth the trip though!   <I> . . . especially as my pictures have been selected!</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Exhibition at the Cherwell Boathouse, Oxford</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="21b587a0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="378" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Thank you to everyone who came and made this exhibition such a success.</B></I></div> <div> <B>________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> Oxford Art Society</div> <div> <B><U>'Autumn Open'</U></B></div> <div> at the Said Business School, Oxford</div> <div> This was another successful show and Helen Peacocke, of The Oxford Times, was good enough to write, in her piece . . .</div> <div> "How I enjoyed viewing yet another exhibition by members of the Oxford Art Society. Their work seems to be getting better and better. So many of the works displayed appeared to be telling a story. They left me wondering what would go on if I left the room and the pictures magically came to life and played out the next sequence behind my back. . .</div> <bR> <div> "If the pictures did spring to life, would . . . Ewan, the white bearded subject of Alan Mynall's skilfully executed watercolour break into a smile and relax?"</div> <bR> <div> Thank you, Helen.</div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Kenya Mural</U></B>     <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6600FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >16.11.2006</FONT></div> <div> Over the last two months, I have been painting a mural, in a private house near Oxford.</div> <div> It is a long time since my last mural and I have thoroughly enjoyed doing this one.</div> <div> The brief was to create an illusion of the vast open plains of Kenya, with numerous examples of wildlife and mount Kilimanjaro in the far distance. All the images were drawn from photos taken by the clients.</div> <div> I have created a new section in the website called <A HREF="kenya_mural.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kenya Mural"><B>'Murals'</B></A>, and, as well as some pictures of this new mural, have added some photos of another that I did on the wall of a pub in Oxford some years ago.</div> <div> Maybe there are more walls waiting for my attention, somewhere out there!</div> <div> ______________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Portrait Masterclasses at Compton Verney</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Sunday 8 October saw the last of this year's Portrait Maserclasses at Compton Verney.</div> <div> Thank you everyone who came to them and made them a very enjoyable experience. I'm pretty sure you enjoyed it too because some of you came back for more - couldn't have been all bad!</div> <div> For those unaware of Compton Verney, it is a wonderful Robert Adam house set in Capability Brown landscape, in southern Warwickshire. The house has been beautifully restored and converted into an extensive gallery housing a remarkable collection of paintings and other objects. They stage remarkable temporary exhibitions too. It is run by the Peter Moores Foundation.</div> <div> Find out more on the Compton Verney website at <A HREF="http://www.comptonverney.co.uk/?page=events/workshopsAdults.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.comptonverney.co.uk/?page=eve">www.comptonverney.co.uk</A> .</div> <div> The setting, hospitality and facilities at Compton Verney are beyond compare, not to mention the value for money! All sorts of people attend, from complete beginners wanting just to have a go, to professional artists wanting to hone skills or learn new techniques.</div> <div> Most of all, we have fun!</div> <div> The maximum size of a class is twelve and I hope to be doing more classes there next year.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c0bcd40.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="980" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>As Seen on TV!</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>ITV's "A Brush With Fame"</B></div> <bR> <div> Some of you may have seen the program go out in October, in which I came very close to getting into the national finals of "A Brush With Fame" with my portrait of Patrick Mower.</div> <bR> <div> The whole process had started the previous day with a preliminary self-portrait in pencil. Sixty-two aspiring portraitists were thus whittled down to twenty-five, who went on, in the afternoon, to paint a three-hour portrait of Jennie Bonde. I was fortunate to get a good angle and was selected, along with nine others, to go on to the regional finals the following day.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18c90ea0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="490" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My painting of Jennie Bonde</div> <bR> <div> The morning session saw us painting a one-hour portrait of Jeanette Charles, the Queen look-alike, with acryli paints, which I seldom use. I was not at all pleased with my effort so I shall not show it here.</div> <bR> <div> In the afternoon Patrick Mower, who lives not far from my studio in Oxfordshire, posed in the character of Hamlet, complete with skull. Maybe that's the only way he could guarantee a good conversation. In front of the cameras the ten regional finalists, including myself, had to do our best to paint him in just three hours. It usually takes me at least that long just to get the drawing right and the pressure was intense. I am tempted to spend some more time on this painting - maybe.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18bf4870.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="391" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="18af4870.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="391" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Patrick Mower at the half-way mark                                                                                                      Patrick at full-time</div> <bR> <div> I would not count my efforts amongst my best work but not bad, considering the time constraints and pressure to perform. The program has an interesting format though I must admit I would have given almost anything to have more time to do justice to the celebrities, who were all excellent models and great fun too.</div> <bR> <div> All in all it was an amazing experience, not unlike spending two daze in an examination room. I found it quite draining but extremely rewarding.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="196f4420.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="322" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>With the program's presenter Carol Smillie</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>