‘Racing Lines: Le Tour’

Hello! I’m in the process of choosing work for my exhibition which opens at the end of June. Over next few weeks, I thought I would run a series of posts featuring some of the pictures that you’ll be able to see. This first collection is based around the first four stages of last year’s Tour de France, set in England and France. They are linked thematically but I’ve grouped them also because they were made in a wide panorama format. I love this paper because it ‘pushes’ the composition to an extra width and reduced height that a conventional landscape paper doesn’t give. See what you think! Here are the drawings:

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Yellow bikes of Yorkshire
Left turn, Otley!
A fine Yorkshire day
SOLD – Heading for Holmfirth
Into London
Pink Houses, Saffron Walden
Cascading green
Very wet again
So many bikes!
First past the sunflowers, SOLD
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18 Comments

  1. Jan. Author
    22/05/2015 at 11:33 am

    Excellent!!!

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      22/05/2015 at 12:12 pm

      Bless you! Thanks very much! 😄

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  2. fossilcyclist Author
    22/05/2015 at 2:25 pm

    Superb as ever especially for such an economic looking treatment.

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      22/05/2015 at 4:57 pm

      Thank you so much – very kind! 🙂

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  3. Anita C. Miller Author
    22/05/2015 at 3:27 pm

    Love them all. ‘Very Wet Again’ is my favorite… bright colors, repeating shapes, dynamic and the tension is palpable. Great!

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      22/05/2015 at 5:03 pm

      Thank you so much Anita – I love the subject because it lends itself to abstraction, the colours and rhythm fascinate me. The next step is to explore this further I think, see how it goes! 🙂

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  4. Jackie Author
    22/05/2015 at 4:51 pm

    Wonderful choices! 🙂

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      22/05/2015 at 5:04 pm

      Great to hear Jackie, I appreciate that very much, 🙂

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  5. karengadient Author
    22/05/2015 at 6:02 pm

    Fantastic work!

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      23/05/2015 at 1:38 pm

      Wonderful! Thanks so much, Karen 😀

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  6. Christy Birmingham Author
    22/05/2015 at 10:55 pm

    Wow these are wonderful!! I especially like the one with the crowd and the flag 🙂

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      23/05/2015 at 1:37 pm

      Thanks so much! Very good to hear it 😀

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  7. christianekraft Author
    23/05/2015 at 6:40 pm

    All of your pictures are colorful and “enjoying “us !

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      23/05/2015 at 8:06 pm

      Bless you! 😀

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  8. segmation Author
    28/05/2015 at 12:34 am

    What awesome art! What inspired you to draw Tour de France?

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      28/05/2015 at 9:06 am

      Thank you! I’ve enjoyed the Tour for a long time and am still astounded that they can ride such a long way every day. The endurance is certainly a factor. Plus, I’m a very wobbly cyclist and wish I could ride well. The professionals make it look so graceful, especially in descent, which terrifies me! Thanks again for your lovely comment, 😀

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  9. On the Edge Picture Framing & Art Author
    29/05/2015 at 4:01 pm

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    1. Maxine Dodd, artist Author
      30/05/2015 at 7:56 am

      Thanks very much to all at On the Edge – to have such lovely comments from keen cyclists is always fantastic! Thank you as always for the work on my frames. You’re doing a great job, see you next week! 🙂

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