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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 2d

After the world’s longest hiatus, my TV nostalgia podcast - The Box of Delights - is coming back for a real actual series of new episodes. And you don’t have long to wait!

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 2d

A portrait painting is something that can be passed down through generations. They don't have to be huge or imposing. I love doing smaller intimate commissions like this which are more affordable but just as beautiful. I have space coming up in November. Website is best place to contact me!

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 2d

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 2d

A portrait painting is something that can be passed down through generations. They don't have to be huge or imposing. I love doing smaller intimate commissions like this which are more affordable but just as beautiful. I have space coming up in November. Website is best place to contact me!

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 2d

It's a dream I always have.

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 3d

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 5d

Mathew. Oil on linen.
This is still my favourite composition. At first I was really scared of painting the background black and I didn't know how to balance the two halves of the painting - but I decided to go for it and see what happened.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 5d

'Miss Collins.' (1924) William Beckwith McInnes won the Archibald Prize (Australia's prestigious award for portraiture) seven times. Writing in defence of his style of realism: 'in Australia we have not been bitten by Cubism or Futurism or other isms … and I am glad of it'.

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 5d

Its hard to say really in terms of hours as I painted it quite a while ago now. Maybe 30 or 40. Something like that. I painted it over roughly 10 days (just looked at my progress shots!)

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 5d

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 6d

To-night I am going to clean my briefcase again, and then perhaps go to the discotheque and have an early night I hope.

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 5d

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 5d

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 5d

Mathew. Oil on linen.
This is still my favourite composition. At first I was really scared of painting the background black and I didn't know how to balance the two halves of the painting - but I decided to go for it and see what happened.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 6d

In 1916, Edvard Munch bought a property known as Ekely in the town of Skøyen, near present-day Oslo. The two-story villa served as his house and studio, becoming for Munch what Giverny was for Monet. This self-portrait was painted while he was visiting Bergen for an exhibition.

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 8d

Self portraits with shoes.

Oil on gessobord. 5 x 7 inches

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 7d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Natali Simmonds @natalisimmonds.bsky.social · 7d

✍️GOOD NEWS FOR LONDON WRITERS✍️
I'm teaching a 4-week creative writing course (Tues 6-27 Jan) at Muswell Hill Books & Parlour for just £215 per person. Book here: wrtingwithnatalisimmonds.eventbrite.es

Just 12 spaces available!

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 8d

Self portraits with shoes.

Oil on gessobord. 5 x 7 inches

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · Nov 18

To the Future 2020 oil on canvas.

A self portrait by way of introduction. I painted this in spring/summer 2020 in lockdown. I was on my own and found the experience isolating but also somewhat liberating in part. This painting explores the anxiety and loneliness I felt.

Self portrait painting of the artist Rebecca Foster looking directly at the viewer, her back reflected in a bathroom mirror. She is wearing a Back to the Future t shirt

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 12d

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 12d

Commissions are very much open ✨

Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · Jan 19

A large portrait I'd just finished this time last year. I loved getting to grips with the complexity of the dress and subtlies of the background.
Oil on linen.

Oil painting of a young woman in an evening gown

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 12d

Commissions are currently open!

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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · Jan 19

A large portrait I'd just finished this time last year. I loved getting to grips with the complexity of the dress and subtlies of the background.
Oil on linen.

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