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| WJF1 'Door of the 'Jolly Frog' 2013 oil on canvas 15 x 15cm |
A popular local watering hole, it had been derelict for several years.
Its lurid fluoro pink paint job was the first visible landmark after crossing the bridge into Windsor.
Now it's gone up in smoke.
A few months before, I painted some small studies from a small road opposite the "Frog" I also painted a few small studies from my car behind the pub, where there was a wasteland used as a carpark.
The "Jolly Frog" certainly had the atmosphere of an accident waiting to happen. it reminded me of the former White Bay Hotel, which a couple of years ago had suffered a similar fate.
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| WJF3 'Study of the 'Jolly Frog' 2013 oil on canvas 18 x 13cm Enquiries |
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| WJF2 'Sign of the 'Jolly Frog' 2013 oil on canvas 18 x 13cm Private Collection : Winmalee Enquiries |
This trio of tiny oil studies have a slightly "Edward Hopper" air about them; never a bad thing to have.
Closed shutters, boarded up doors and a disquieting mystery inside.
In my next post about painting the 'Jolly Frog' I have some 'before and after' paintings.
Closed shutters, boarded up doors and a disquieting mystery inside.
In my next post about painting the 'Jolly Frog' I have some 'before and after' paintings.
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