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<rss version="0.92"><channel><title>IAN READ PAINTINGS</title><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/</link><description>iread6@aol.comI have been painting and drawing since I was a child growing up in Manchester, my first subjects were the industrial cityscape that surrounded me but I gradually became more influenced by the geography surrounding the city due to countless walks in the Peak District.Moving to Brighton, East Anglia, Exmoor and eventually settling in the Somerset Levels have all exerted their influence in my photos, painting and drawings.Now finally residing in the mountains of Northern Spain, I have access to both the sea and hills and continue to represent geographical structures, patterns and views.</description><language>en-EU</language><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs><image><title>IAN READ PAINTINGS</title><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/</link><url>http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/b9/90979eed55fda7775723b1dce2a4e0_160x200.jpg</url></image><item><title>Busy Summer</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;I have had a very busy and constructive Summer with a number of successful exhibitions in the Uk and Spain.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I especially want to thank all the people I have met for their kind comments, appreciation and sales.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Here are few older pictures, some newer ones coming soon!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2009/09/25/spain-porrua-painting-llanes-landscapes-ian-read-drawing-asturias-art-7037415/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2009/09/25/spain-porrua-painting-llanes-landscapes-ian-read-drawing-asturias-art-7037415/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:09:48 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Winter Paintings in Asturias</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;At last! Here are the latest crop of paintings, I have battened down the hatches and been working away in my studio and at "the office" all winter and I've finally got around to posting some online..I hope they're worth the wait! More to come soon... &lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="DSC_0613"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/422/3526422_4bb329e1ee_m.jpeg" alt="DSC_0613" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="DSC_0599"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/423/3526423_88137dc7c9_m.jpeg" alt="DSC_0599" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="DSC_0623"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/424/3526424_fd7bb633c6_m.jpeg" alt="DSC_0623" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="DSC_0645"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/425/3526425_2500b1b640_m.jpeg" alt="DSC_0645" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2009/05/21/winter-paintings-in-asturias-6154160/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2009/05/21/winter-paintings-in-asturias-6154160/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 20:10:33 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>November in Asturias</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;I am not a frequent blogger. I am better at and prefer to spend my time painting but eventually I get around to putting up some pics of my work and I hope they are worth the wait..&lt;br&gt;
We have snow on the mountains here in Asturias, the Atlantic is bashing away at the coastline, on the warmer days I walk and enjoy the fresh air, paint what I see and eat fabulous Spanish feasts for a few euros. It's a much quieter place at this time of year when all the holidaymakers have headed back home.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/11/28/november-in-asturias-5126801/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/11/28/november-in-asturias-5126801/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:00:38 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>More paintings at last!</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;It's been a very busy summer, but finally (as the weather changes) here are a few more photographs of my paintings..&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="IAN PAINTINGS 001"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/629/2863629_eb66b05b1b_m.jpeg" alt="IAN PAINTINGS 001" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="IAN PAINTINGS 006"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/630/2863630_c49e1d7e50_m.jpeg" alt="IAN PAINTINGS 006" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="IAN PAINTINGS 022"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/631/2863631_55022efa29_m.jpeg" alt="IAN PAINTINGS 022" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="IAN PAINTINGS 029"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/632/2863632_7d05edbb2c_m.jpeg" alt="IAN PAINTINGS 029" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="IAN PAINTINGS 012"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/633/2863633_bbfdf6999a_m.jpeg" alt="IAN PAINTINGS 012" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="IAN PAINTINGS 020"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/634/2863634_09c5aadf2b_m.jpeg" alt="IAN PAINTINGS 020" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/10/03/more-paintings-at-last-4818036/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/10/03/more-paintings-at-last-4818036/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:56:06 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>click on images for larger view</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 050"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/122/2764122_19069fdd7f_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 050" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 051"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/123/2764123_561160c461_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 051" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 053"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/124/2764124_0f9a1b48ab_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 053" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 054"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/125/2764125_22a778a321_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 054" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 055"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/126/2764126_09640e12d8_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 055" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/08/27/click-on-images-for-larger-view-4644885/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/08/27/click-on-images-for-larger-view-4644885/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:34:45 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Abstracts</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 047"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/388/2732388_568adbf645_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 047" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 012"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/389/2732389_a0d907a92d_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 012" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 015"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/392/2732392_0cdf9da980_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 015" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="painting 2 016"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/394/2732394_6805d84351_m.jpeg" alt="painting 2 016" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/08/14/abstracts-4589126/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/08/14/abstracts-4589126/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:33:18 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Mountains</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 012"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/109/2698109_73b10cdd66_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 012" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 013"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/110/2698110_ab32860ec4_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 013" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 014"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/111/2698111_bed6c1bd7a_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 014" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 018"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/112/2698112_e333fd2e6f_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 018" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 020"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/113/2698113_3bfcfadb94_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 020" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/07/30/mountains-4522176/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/07/30/mountains-4522176/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:05:20 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Beautiful Barns!</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 017"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/075/2698075_4afe5d64ad_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 017" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 016"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/074/2698074_207d6db9b0_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 016" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 008"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/095/2698095_8df656870f_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 008" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 015"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/131/2698131_f3e72d98cd_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 015" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/07/30/beautiful-barns-4522064/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/07/30/beautiful-barns-4522064/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:40:45 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Porrua</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;The first installment of a selection of watercolour views of Porrua, the tiny village in the mountains of Northern Spain where I live, there are lots more to come...click on the images to enlarge them. &lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 006"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/997/2697997_0bcd579a9f_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 006" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 007"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/998/2697998_469f4f29eb_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 007" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 008"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/999/2697999_8df656870f_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 008" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 009"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/000/2698000_3ae3d6195e_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 009" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 010"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/001/2698001_bdd3dd8fdb_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 010" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 001"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/964/2697964_2f28680dc1_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 001" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 002"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/965/2697965_9e29da1d4f_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 002" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 003"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/966/2697966_f7cb0ecd3e_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 003" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 004"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/967/2697967_11c823e371_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 004" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 005"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/968/2697968_827ed902d7_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 005" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 011"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/086/2698086_39e317725c_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 011" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:window.open(" title="pics porrua 019"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/087/2698087_0992e7401f_m.jpeg" alt="pics porrua 019" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/07/30/porrua-4521815/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/07/30/porrua-4521815/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:40:30 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Intro</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;I have been painting and drawing since I was a child growing up in Manchester, my first subjects were the industrial cityscape that surrounded me but I gradually became more influenced by the geography surrounding the city due to countless walks in the Peak District. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Moving to Brighton, East Anglia, Exmoor and eventually settling in the Somerset Levels have all exerted their influence in my photos, painting and drawings.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Now finally residing in the mountains of Northern Spain, I have access to both the sea and hills and continue to represent geographical structures, patterns and views.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/311/2663311_df1015eae5_m.jpeg" alt="Seascape" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/312/2663312_a98018a3f3_m.jpeg" alt="Llanes Quayside" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/07/16/intro-4454757/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianread.blog.co.uk/2008/07/16/intro-4454757/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:32:18 +0200</pubDate></item><item><title>Scotland</title><description>	&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/316/2663316_2ed9918f84_m.jpeg" alt="Windswept Beach" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/317/2663317_d1473e014e_m.jpeg" alt="Scottish Landscape" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;&lt;img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/320/2663320_439551fa2c_m.jpeg" alt="Watercolour Mountains" vspace="5" hspace="5"&gt;
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