A theme that surfaces every now and again in my work is the fact that I am from elsewhere and I experience my home and the place where I live with the eyes of a foreigner. The six paintings below are small works created with the idea of sending personal postcards to my family from my home abroad featuring places I see and people in my life. The works are emotional and yet playful.
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Keeping Watch, Oil on Canvas, 20cm x 25cm. Photography Dickon Whitehead 2018
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Sunday, Oil on Canvas, 20cm x 25cm. Photography Dickon Whitehead 2018
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Shore, Oil on Canvas, 20cm x 25cm. Photography Dickon Whitehead 2018
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Rosy, Oil on Canvas, 20cm x 25cm. Photography Dickon Whitehead 2018
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Breathe, Oil on Canvas, 20cm x 25cm. Photography Dickon Whitehead 2018
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Some Other Time, Oil on Canvas, 20cm x 25cm. Photography Dickon Whitehead 2018