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Johnnyinthe56 Art & Life Blog — japanese art

Travel On My Mind ...

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Travel On My Mind ...

Having settled back at home after our summer of day trips and travels, I find that I have travel on my mind again. Specifically a trip to Japan. Japan, it’s art, culture, place and people have always fascinated me and I’d love to visit. But, I live on the other side of the world, in Yorkshire, so it’ll need a lot of saving up to get there. Despite the difference in languages, culture and the massive physical distances, I love that there are also similarities. Yorkshire and Japan a both hilly and cold at times, they've produced great literature and...

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What I Think About When I'm Not Thinking About Football or Art...

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What I Think About When I'm Not Thinking About Football or Art...

So the football season is well and truly over and life's other distractions can take over for a few short weeks. A moment to draw breath and look about us before the next season, with all it's excitement arrives! So, I was thinking about things other than football and here are some of highlights, in no particular order!   Posca pens - these are great art pens - they're my favourite art thing - I know I said not thinking about football or art, but that's not really possible. Waterslides & roller coasters - they please my inner-child. Joe Strummer's...

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Happy New Year - It's been a Slow Start to 2024!

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Happy New Year - It's been a Slow Start to 2024!

Happy New Year 2024 to you all! It's quite likely that you've (like me) been enjoying the dubious pleasures of the 100 day cough! It may have been a virus or possibly three, according to my doctor! Either way, it has finally done one and I now feel that I can look forward to the year ahead, or what's left of it!   So here's what I'm planning for this year: Ongoing work on the LUFC murals and a new mural project is on the books for 2024. We'll be adding more of my 200+ paintings for sale on the...

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Things I Have Done This Week & New Additions

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Things I Have Done This Week & New Additions

The weather has been warm this week so I've been out making the most of it. I've also been continuing the work on the New York landscape. We've added new items to the website this week: Japanese inspired landscape art, printed on to 100% organic eco-friendly t-shirt in a range of colours. The original hand painted artwork by Johnnyinthe56is pictured. Another hand painted portrait from the Hollywood series: Steve McQueen. A different hand painted Japanese landscape featuring Mount Fuji in Black & White. Enjoy your weekend ! Thanks Johnnyinthe56    

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New Arrivals & What's Happening This Week

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New Arrivals & What's Happening This Week

It's been another busy week, I've been working on the New York Cityscape piece, it's very intricate and slow going!! You can take a look at the progress on my instagram feed, here: Johnny the painter (@johnnyinthe56artist) • Instagram photos and videos We've also added more original paintings to the website this week, they're all hand painted and include: Airport Crime Fiction Painting - pictured. A second Hunter S Thompson portrait - called 'On The Road'. A Japanese landscape on Mount Fuji and a temple. A piece of vintage French film inspired art - Rififi. Have a great weekend and thanks...

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