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David A Parfitt RI

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Artist. Elected member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

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Watercolour painting of a woodland path in dappled spring sunlight, with dark greens either side. The path looks towards the early morning sun and leads to a lighter distance.

Watercolour painting of a woodland path in dappled spring sunlight, with dark greens either side. The path looks towards the early morning sun and leads to a lighter distance.

If I don’t force myself into making paintings then…… in the studio today ‘Early Morning Woodland’, watercolour, 38x42cms

07.05.2025 15:37 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 3

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Thank you 🙏🏻

16.04.2025 19:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Watercolour painting looking through a woodland to a green distance in spring light. Blue shadows dance diagonally across the woodland floor which I’ve left as white paper to represent the sunlight.

Watercolour painting looking through a woodland to a green distance in spring light. Blue shadows dance diagonally across the woodland floor which I’ve left as white paper to represent the sunlight.

I really don’t know what’s happening, but another day in the studio and another painting this morning. This is ‘Not snow II’, watercolour, 38x42cms
#art #artist #watercolour

16.04.2025 17:13 👍 56 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

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14.04.2025 18:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you

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Watercolour painting looking through a woodland to a green distance in spring light. Blue shadows dance diagonally across the woodland floor which I’ve left as white paper to represent the sunlight.

Watercolour painting looking through a woodland to a green distance in spring light. Blue shadows dance diagonally across the woodland floor which I’ve left as white paper to represent the sunlight.

Reasonably warm in the studio this morning and my first painting in what seems like absolutely months. I don’t know what’s happened, but I actually felt like putting brush to paper today. Anyway, this is… ‘No, it’s not snow’, watercolour, 38x42cms
#art #artist #watercolour #watercolor

14.04.2025 16:08 👍 61 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
God bless Janey and her Trump is a Cunt sign

God bless Janey and her Trump is a Cunt sign

Can all the papers run this as their cover tomorrow like they did the AI thing?

28.02.2025 19:15 👍 690 🔁 153 💬 12 📌 4
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If you’ve never heard the sound of pebbles being scraped back to sea by a receding wave, have a listen to this! I’ll never forget the first time I heard this - March 2012 on Vík beach. This is Malarrif last weekend.

#Iceland #iPhone15Pro

27.02.2025 21:33 👍 193 🔁 27 💬 15 📌 3
Digital painting, environment art for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Han and Chewie check out a hilltop town

Digital painting, environment art for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Han and Chewie check out a hilltop town

Concept for Solo: A Star Wars Story

28.02.2025 09:53 👍 1161 🔁 109 💬 10 📌 2
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Dap H35W96D35cms another one of my favourites. Dap” is a friendly gesture of greeting, agreement, or solidarity.
I like to think this piece is a symbol of togetherness, people coming together. A linking of thoughts & life, personal opinion & my background all tied up in this piece

17.02.2025 15:41 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Pencil sketch, a boat at Dungeness

Pencil sketch, a boat at Dungeness

Pencil sketch, a boat at Dungeness

Pencil sketch, a boat at Dungeness

Pencil sketch, a boat at Dungeness

Pencil sketch, a boat at Dungeness

Sketching at lovely Dungeness,
9 😮 years ago

17.02.2025 19:54 👍 609 🔁 36 💬 5 📌 0

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15.02.2025 06:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Watercolour painting of the view over my mother’s garden hedge. There are fields, white houses in the middle distance, a disused coal mine now overgrown with winter trees, all disappearing into a blue distance.

Watercolour painting of the view over my mother’s garden hedge. There are fields, white houses in the middle distance, a disused coal mine now overgrown with winter trees, all disappearing into a blue distance.

My first painting in quite sometime. Not my best but I’ve put paint on paper. Watercolour 39x42cms

13.02.2025 22:26 👍 42 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1

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07.02.2025 18:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Jon. Like a lot of others I’m attempting to replicate that old feeling of using film but with my Fuji camera. It’s a welcome distraction.

05.02.2025 21:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Photo of the street in my village at night. The camera’s daylight white balance has given the photo a reddish cast.

Photo of the street in my village at night. The camera’s daylight white balance has given the photo a reddish cast.

It’s not been a great week thus far to say the least. Took this photo walking back home.

05.02.2025 20:39 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

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01.02.2025 12:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Over the Hills
#eggtempera

01.02.2025 11:16 👍 30 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

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24.01.2025 08:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Black & white photograph of a ruined WW2 airfield building.

Black & white photograph of a ruined WW2 airfield building.

Over the next couple of days I'm sharing images from my forthcoming book 'An Uncertain Path'.
Last chance to pre-order a copy for £17 from @anotherplacepress.bsky.social here - anotherplacepress.bigcartel.com/product/an-u...

23.01.2025 17:29 👍 66 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0

Hahahaha, very true.

19.01.2025 15:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m rather ashamed to say that I haven’t attempted to make any new work for over a month.

19.01.2025 14:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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‘Sleuthing’

16.01.2025 11:56 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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There isn’t long left to enter work into the 2025 RI exhibition. Submissions close on the 28th January at 12noon.

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Swirling sea wave drawing in charcoal on wood, with ship and beacon on the horizon

Swirling sea wave drawing in charcoal on wood, with ship and beacon on the horizon

Swirling sea wave drawing in charcoal on wood, with ship on the horizon

Swirling sea wave drawing in charcoal on wood, with ship on the horizon

Swirling sea wave drawing in charcoal on wood, with ship and rain cloud on the horizon

Swirling sea wave drawing in charcoal on wood, with ship and rain cloud on the horizon

I've made some small drawings on wood of ships, in the North Sea. Paintings to follow I think. Drawn from the umpteen thousand photos I have of them. I'm enjoying the grain of the wood getting involved.

14.01.2025 16:02 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Low cloud making sunlight look like moonlight

Today on the mountain

14.01.2025 17:02 👍 59 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0

Thank you

11.01.2025 18:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Catching the Drift’ acrylic on panel 20x15cm #royalsocietyofbritishartists

10.01.2025 08:39 👍 57 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0