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		<title>#37 White Light &#8211; Egret preening</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Ashton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel that egrets have a certain elegance, and as they lazily fly past or follow a herd of cows across the newly turned fields, their white forms always attract my attention, and occasionally they focus the direction of my artistic journey...  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=749&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#36 Genet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Ashton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the 52Artrworks journey continues, I see nuances entering my work, new ways to look at familiar subjects, each offering different perspectives and a deeper understanding of our connection to the natural world. And so I return to face a genet..... <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=740&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#35 Gliding by &#8211; Humpback whale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Ashton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find that whales are a wonderful subject to sculpt, not only because of their extraordinary elegance and grace, but also because my imagination often takes me out of the studio and into the water with the whales as I explore their fluid forms and ocean world...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=729&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#34 Looking Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Ashton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 52 Artworks journey started with a baboon, and as we have now reached the two-thirds point, I though I would revisit this species, but from a completely different perspective..<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=721&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#33 Klipspringer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Ashton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very occasionally, when the mountain ridges are back-lit and the visibility is good, the skyline is broken by the form of a klipspringer, a rare gift in an imposing landscape...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=696&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#32 Falcon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Ashton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I finished this week's painting of a falcon I felt that it needed to stand alone, unencumbered by words and a diversity of thoughts, and let it speak for itself...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=684&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title># 31 Porcupine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Ashton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started along the 52 Artworks journey thirty-one weeks ago, the technical challenge of painting a porcupine would probably have halted the journey in its tracks, but now, maybe because it is a new year and therefore anything is possible, I have spent the last week working with this fascinating species, quill after quill, always keeping an eye on the eastern horizon for the first sign of the sun which would see it scampering away and into a hidden burrow... <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=668&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#30 Resonance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas and a birthday could not keep me out of the studio, and although they did reduce my painting time, I felt it was important to keep the momentum going...so here is this week's artwork, as well as an opportunity to wish you a wonderful and meaningful 2012.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=656&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#29 Owl</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shifting gears and changing mediums are the prerogatives and nuances of the artist, so this week I have re-visited the wonderful owls, but this time in the expressive three-dimensional form of a sculpture...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=640&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#28 Face-to-face</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Ashton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a wildlife artist I am interested in not only capturing special moments and encounters with a wide diversity of species, but I am also interested in exploring differing light conditions and textures which often strengthen an image and make it more engaging. Squirrels offer wonderful subjects with which to incorporate these different painting challenges...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=52artworks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22169902&amp;post=625&amp;subd=52artworks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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