Oil sketch painting, mysterious black figure

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  1. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    hello all

    can anyone help with origin of this very sketch like oil painting

    dont particularly like it, but wondering who/what the black figure is

    sith lord ??

    signed les

    any thoughts appreciated

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  2. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Oh My, The bell tolls for thee!
    :eek:
     
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  3. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Do you think some letters may be under the mat?
     
  4. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    yeah, hes a bit sinister right !

    cant think of what kind of uniform it is
     
  5. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    yeah, i've had a look, no more lettering

    just les, funny name for an art type

    more like a pub type, you know good old les, he flys pigeons
     
  6. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Russian orthodox bell ringing?
     
  7. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    My impression too, Russian Orthodox priest ringing bell to summon worshipers to a village church.

    I sooo want it to be the case that 'Les' is Moore.
     
  8. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    thanks for info guys, ill look into that
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    John Donne, my first thought too.:nailbiting:
     
  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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  11. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    yep, thats good old les alright

    hell only drink from his own tankard you know !
     
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  12. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    And to think he once painted metaphysical pictures of Orthodox priests ringing bells....
     
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  13. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Any clues on the flip side?
     
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  14. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    actually, on the flip slide of the border, is an partial address

    1 andrianou str. athens

    but i think thats just where it was framed
     
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  15. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    So Greek Orthodox?
     
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  16. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    yeah i think thats it, from the pics ive looked at, the square hat is the same

    cheers my dears
     
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  17. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I was about to say Greek Orthodox, the headgear is the same as Russians, it looks like a lone chapel in the Islands.
     
  18. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    hi bronwen, who's moore, if you dont mind me asking ? i didnt catch that part before
     
  19. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    What is this that stands before me?
    Figure in black which points at me
    Turn around quick, and start to run
    Find out I'm the chosen one
    :vamp:
     
  20. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    You never heard the saying, Sometimes less is more? I'm praying his name is Les Moore.

    Puns really do just die if you have to explain them, don't they?
     
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