New Picture – “Grand Dame”

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1. MARVELLOUS DEAR DERREN!!

   About time you treated yourself too!!

   I just adore your work!! LOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE.

   And I know just how passionate you are about art….. it shows!!

   Hope you’re well. And see you soon. XXXXXXXXXX
2. Wow, that is one fantastic painting, Derren! Such detail in your work. Brilliant.
   Just one question…..why do you look so stern? If I was the artist of that painting I’d be grinning like a smug Cheshire cat! 😀

   Take care

   LC x
3. Blimey.

   That is REALLY good, that really works. Good grief yes.

   N
4. Terrific work, Derren. How do you find the time?!
5. One word – WOW!!!
   How can one man be so talented?!
   U amaze me Mr Brown!
   xx
6. I’ve never understood how people manage to paint such large images of something as relatively small as a face. You really need an artist’s eye to translate small features to large patches of colour, I’d imagine. Impressive.

   Lovely picture, too.
7. amazing !! i wish i was even a little bit as gifted.
   well done that man! x 🙂
8. how the hell did he get so good at painting?
9. My Eyes
10. That is a rather large canvas – I had never really realised how large your paintings are 🙂
    I love the detail – as much as I love the other version, I think prefer this one 🙂
11. WOW!! I am speechless, you have taken my breath away.
    Such detail in the way you fold your arms and intensley look at the camera! 😉
    Seriously, your art is INTRICATELY AMAZING, I wonder if you are self taught?
    PS Can I buy your old easel, including all frustrated paint splats, brush strokes and tea spills on it !
12. Wow 😀
    You’re amazing ^^ ♥
13. Lovelyyyey!…where are the video/clips with you, explaining your painting techniques and all? Can´t wait…pls/ey?

    though deárren,… you should not smile so much, people might think you enjoy yourself …

    Xx
14. Seriously,who has the patience to paint something on that scale? (well, Derren obviously lol)

    That’s truly amazing. My Dad bought me the Portrait Book for my birthday last month 🙂 x
15. You look awfy serious there DB.
16. Oh!! PPS I forgot to say TALENT TALENT TALENT TALENT and erm TALENT
    Best Wishes Jo x
17. I like it. I like more realistic than the others is it not? Your post seemed a bit more happy than you look in the photo. But than again I look at lot worse when I am working on my art. A bit of a puzzle there you would think we artist could can convey the joy we find in our work instead of looking like madmen/madwomen. Over all I do like the painting.
18. All together now…

    Ooooooooh! 🙂
19. Derren! It’s great, a masterpiece! How is it not finished? You must like her because you flatter her a little more than the other figures you’ve painted. If you ever painted me I’d need counseling (no offence, it’s just your style).
20. zomg it’s bigger than you!! 😮
21. WOW!
22. Wow that’s amazing stuff Derren i’m loving it 😀 you really are a truly amazing artist 🙂

    I wish I were as good as you with my art, I suck at painting & drawing.

    I have made an improvement over the years sure but still i’m no where near as good as you!!!

    I hope you do some more portraits in the near future as I always enjoy your art 😀

    take care see you soon sweetheart xxx

    Chantelle <3 <3 <3
23. I love your apron.
24. Dude!!! that is so awsome!!!
25. Wow it’s amazing!!!!
26. was at the dublin show (amazing) when ”bob” was shouted out pricelss so it was haha pictures class but why the serious face (on u, not dench lol)
27. Awesome, well done.
28. now thats bloody brilliant DB you really are an incredibly gifted individual i do wonder what Dame Judi Dench would say of it 🙂
29. Amazing!

    How does you have the time!!
30. That is so amazing! You are so talented! 🙂
31. Wow! Sweet work, dude!!! =o
32. That genuinely is incredible. The detail is amazing! X
33. That’s fantastic!
34. Ming has been vexed all day by the familiarity of this photoimage, but I am vexed no more, for it is here that I have seen it before:
    http://tinyurl.com/zdtyyl
35. my god derren so life like, it truly is an amazing painting. love your work, hope your well

    Gareth
36. I love the look you’ve captured in her eyes – just lovely! 🙂 x
37. that’s beautiful. looks just like her.

    LH&S,
    roz
38. I don’t think the owner of that face will be very pleased with it!
39. Incredible, Derren, i’d love if my artwork was anywhere near the standard of yours!
    Brilliant xx
40. Great! Please post pictures of your next work in stages. Perhaps from reference > sketch > base color> broad strokes > details (or however you do it). I’d love to see how you do it.
41. Truely brilliant x
42. Depressingly good.
43. Are you happy with it?
44. Blimey,that’s BIG!Excellent work Derren but you look embarrassed on the photo.I hope you’ll haveanother exhibition.I’d love to go to the next one.
45. You are very talented…I wish I had half of your talent…The painting is very good but I much prefer to look at the person stood beside the brand new easel with the painting on…Dame Judi Dench And I have one thing in common, we both share the same birthday. (she is older than me though) 🙂 🙂
46. Derren is in “Dont mess with me” mode 🙂
47. Derren, that’s really a wonderful characterisation, lovely textures and expression. Any chance of telling us your path to such a style/talent?
48. May I say that I can’t see what you still need to add?? It’s great. I’m impressed as with most of your paintings. I myself make them still with brooms and such .. (so that you know what my level is, which, unfortunately will not make you so content with me being impressed perhaps, not being a master in painting myself .. ).

    The difference between both halves of the face . wonderfull .. (I’m still kinda impressed by my own insight in why or what I dont need to see anymore inside when seeing something inside in both halves … oh well, we all have our own talents .. we studied them in a different way for the same reason. My results will not be so enjoyed by others as your results will be enjoyed by so many people though ..but we both enjoy what we do.).

    A challenge it is, to be painted
49. brilliant pic Derren, you’re extremely talented!
    You’ll have to do another one of Stephen Fry since he’s lost so much weight!
    Have you done one of Darwin or Ricky Gervais yet? (strange mix I know!)

    Love all your work
    PS – Loved the last book too!
    You should write another one debunking fortune tellers etc, as I’m getting sick of telling the kids (and women) in school that they’re all fakes! :o)
50. Brilliant. Just wonderful.
    Arch disdain, I believe.
    It is, I suppose, the very essence of caricature to maintain a likeness despite or even because of the distortion of the features. This you achieve admirably.
    For me, however, the beauty is in the detail. The eyes have a piercing clarity. The hair is soft and downy, just as one would imagine. The focus softens around the ears, giving a photorealistic effect which succeeds in creating great depth, leaving the eye to pay scant regard to the massively altered structures.
    It is well wicked.
    You are a polymath of the highest quality. Well, nearly. Pretty impressive anyway. Not quite Leonardo but close. Couldn’t ask for much more.
    …
    Can you do a kickflip? Bet you can’t.
    Go on, prove me wrong. (Ask Coops what a kickflip is)