Timothy Spall's paintings

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First Mate was perusing her tablet a day or so ago when I noticed some interesting paintings of the sea.

Apparently, Timothy Spall, the respected actor and owner of the seagoing barge 'Princess'Matilda' started painting during lockdown. He had to take painting lessons to carry out his role as the artist Turner. This enthused him to give it a go.

What a talented chap he is - he has just had his first exibition ?

Google 'Timothy Spall Painting' to see them.
 
When you google them, you find the good paintings are actually extracts from the film where he played Turner
 
Seashoreman said:
I would question his navigation skills if you watched his TV show regarding barging around Britain :D
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Although his face was familiar, I don’t really know much about the man but once, a few years ago, after surfing tv channels and watching one of his sea barging exploits, I’m afraid that I was completely put-off by his (seemingly) “couldn’t care less” attitude to navigation.
 
I think that anyone who indulges in painting deserves credit for the effort. Having said that, his work does not particularly appeal to me. The overall appearance is rather like Munch but with an odd mixture of loose skies and overprecise details. Like many late into art, his drawing skills seem limited, and unless he deals with this his achievements will not make progress.
 
I hugely respect Timothy Spall as an actor and admire his sense of adventure but to my uneducated eye looking at the paintings I would say don't give up the day job Timothy.
 
Well he has apparently always had an interest in Art. … and passed A Level Art with an A … I’ve seen some of the pics online. And I think they are quite interesting.
 
Skylark said:
Although his face was familiar, I don’t really know much about the man but once, a few years ago, after surfing tv channels and watching one of his sea barging exploits, I’m afraid that I was completely put-off by his (seemingly) “couldn’t care less” attitude to navigation.
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Having watched and enjoyed his adventures on " Matilda" cannot recall a "could not care less attitude" to navigation.
The programme did reflect the trials and tribulations that the less experienced seafarers among us could encounter if we had the courage to undertake a voyage around the entire coast of the UK in a boat not ideally suited to the trip.
An man without pretensions of celebrity or macho derring do . :)
 
oldgit said:
Having watched and enjoyed his adventures on " Matilda" cannot recall a "could not care less attitude" to navigation.
The programme did reflect the trials and tribulations that the less experienced seafarers among us could encounter if we had the courage to undertake a voyage around the entire coast of the UK in a boat not ideally suited to the trip.
An man without pretensions of celebrity or macho derring do . :)
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Note that I did put “seemingly” in brackets. I watched less than one program and it was several years ago but I do recall that he hit at least two objects, piles, iirc.

I’m happy that you have a high opinion of him. Each to their own. Not my cup of tea ?
 
I’ve liked him since Auf Wiedersehen Pet. He was good in The Fattest Man in Britain. I also enjoyed his boat adventures, we all start as novices, and indeed that is often when we do our most dangerous boating, when we don’t know any better. And most of us probably didn’t have the safety of a bbc broadcast crew and a rescue rib
 
graham said:
I hugely respect Timothy Spall as an actor and admire his sense of adventure but to my uneducated eye looking at the paintings I would say don't give up the day job Timothy.
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I’m not so keen on the seascapes, but I think the self-portraits (which are a good test of technical ability) are really not bad at all.
 
Robih said:
He has balls. I wouldn’t take a canal/river boat around Land’s End. He paints a good deal better than I do, I can just about manage antifouling.
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Don’t put yourself down. As a matter of fact I’m looking for an anti fouling artist like you right now
 
newtothis said:
I'm amazed at the speed with which armchair admirals have become armchair art critics.
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The idea that only someone skilled at a task is entitled to be a critic was shot down by Socrates a year or two ago. He gave the example of a table that wobbled because its legs were unequal as an illustration of why all of us are entitled to have critical views, whether we are capable of creating the artefact in question or not.
 
johnalison said:
The idea that only someone skilled at a task is entitled to be a critic was shot down by Socrates a year or two ago. He gave the example of a table that wobbled because its legs were unequal as an illustration of why all of us are entitled to have critical views, whether we are capable of creating the artefact in question or not.
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Agreed.

A Turner he is not, though I enjoyed his acting in the movie. Less sure about his "black velvet" style of landscape painting. Turner's work is suffused with light, conveyed by a mastery of palette and a virtuosity of brush work. Tim's is not.

I have an Arts & Design background and have taught the same, since one apparently needs to be "qualified" to comment.
 
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