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Post by bennyboy » Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:19 pm

Hi all :Hello:

My name is Ben (as the tag might suggest) and I'm an artist with a working studio and gallery in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
As well as the work I produce to sell in the gallery, I work to commission a lot and produce all manner of various pieces, from fairly traditional style portraits right the way through to my latest works which are on metal.
By way of credentials, I left college in '96 and have been painting ever since, full time with the gallery for 6 years.
I now have over a thousand works out there and I'm pleased to say customers in many countries. I have a few happy customers on here already too 8-)
There are some examples below and on my website at: http://www.originalcanvases.co.uk


Just fire me an email or PM if you have an enquiry, a particular painting in mind or would just like an idea of costs, I'd be more than happy to offer anyone on LG a genuine discount, by way of support for this rather splendidly run forum. :jdm:


Cheers,

Ben

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Post by nitin_s1 » Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:30 pm

They are amazing paintings. Hats off sir. :)

What was the most expensive painting you've sold yet? :twisted:

Even thought of doing a Prelude painting?

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Post by indigolemon » Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:38 pm

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I can vouch for this man's work - this particular painting is hanging on the wall in my flat 8-)
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Post by bennyboy » Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:17 pm

nitin_s1 wrote: What was the most expensive painting you've sold yet? :twisted:

Even thought of doing a Prelude painting?
Good old Nitin, straight to the point :lol:
I can't remember off hand, but I'm doing a couple of portraits at the moment for £2.5k each if that helps?
Don't let that scare you though, I do paintings in the gallery from a couple of hundred upwards.

Yes, a lude painting is definitely on the cards, but not done one as yet.

Cheers for the kind comments mate 8-)
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Post by Lude-dude » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:19 pm

I remember doing a level art, and having to paint a nude

she had hairy legs & pits, luckly I used my imagination and managed to do a decent picture

:lol:

like the attention to detail, good stuff

I always found oil painting tricky
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Post by RattyMcClelland » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:01 pm

Is your gallery the one opposite the tall oldness building in the centre (cant remember the name but its open for like 2 weeks of the year). Ill pop by when im next in Albans.

Loving the artwork. Cant you paint Nitin......nak.....ed.... :lol:
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Post by bennyboy » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:15 pm

That'll be the clock tower then ratty! :lol: cue back to the future quotes..
I'm the top floor of that corner building yes, just walk round the corner from the tower and come straight up.
Welcome any time chap, the coffee is usually on :mrgreen:

Oh and its my mission to paint the Moana Nitin...perhaps not nekkid though :shock: :puke: :lol:
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Post by RattyMcClelland » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:39 pm

bennyboy wrote:That'll be the clock tower then ratty!
Thats the nugget. :lol:
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Post by SiR Si » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:13 pm

Ah ok I know there, I work in St Albans just behind the Law Courts, I go passed there pretty much every lunchtime. There are a few ludes arround the St Albans area we should have a meet up. ;)

Awesome artwork I really like it, a picture of a lude sounds like a superb idea.

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Post by bennyboy » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:21 pm

Is yours the white 5g? Think I saw you go by a few days back actually.
I'm up for a mini meet, wanted to go to south mimms tomorrow but don't think I'll make it now :cry:
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