Thursday 4/11/18/26 April 2024
Hi all, welcome to my classes. I’m an artist that works across a range if interests. I aim to make the classes fun and introduce you to oil painting. For me the most important part of being an artist is exploring and finding what is unique to you. It’s not about having the most expensive equipment but having a passion.
For my painting landscapes like the impressionists, I suggest the following:
A basic selection of oil paints. I find Windsor and Newton best for beginners. You will need red, white, blue, yellow ochre and sap green. Black and white are also needed but a small tube of black and a large tube of white. There are lots of sets out there so shop around. Remember you will always need more white than you think as it a mixing colour.
A good flexible palette knife (better to by one good one than a set of cheap inflexible ones. I’ve put a link to a reasonable priced one
A stretched canvas or canvas board to paint on. This will stand you in much better stead that a canvas pad. I think ideal starter size is approx. 30 x 40cm. You can either have one for each lesson or if you wish to build on your previous work, a minimum of 2 canvasses will work.
A range of brushes. I use a wide brush for skies and for blending. A medium brush for most of the painting and for detail a small brush.
Bring an old bottle for the turps/spirit which I will provide.
A pallete to mix paint on. Here an old plate will do, or you can buy disposable palettes. You can also use some baking paper on a piece of card.
Local shops are The works/ The Range/ The Art Shop Northallerton/ Fountain Street stationers in Guisborough or good old online shops. I find Great Art a great source online but take up to ten days to deliver. Other options online are Art Discount, Amazon or eBay.
https://www.greatart.co.uk/gerstaecker-painting-knives.html
https://www.greatart.co.uk/gerstaecker-basic-stretched-canvases-cotton.html
https://www.greatart.co.uk/daler-rowney-georgian-oil-selection-set.html
https://www.greatart.co.uk/i-love-art-canvas-boards-individual.html
Bring your own images to copy (best printed out so you dont have to keep opening your phone)
Week 1
Mapping out your paintings and looking at composition.
We will then go on to paint picture.
Week 2
Trees in the landscape
Here you can continue working on last week’s painting or start a fresh painting adding trees to the composition.
Week 3
We start a new painting focusing on a theme of spring looking at all the flowers and skies.
Week 4
Looking at water in a landscape
Reflections and movement in water
Adding people to the composition from last week.
https://garthbayley.co.uk/products/paint-like-the-impressionist-potto-day-class
https://garthbayley.co.uk/products/paint-like-the-impressionists-potto-evening-class
You welcome to book a single sessions at £18. Drop me an email for details .
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Day times will be held in Potto Village Hall Wednesday day 12.30 to 14.30
Evening Classes will be held in the Leven Hotel - Stokesley 18.30 to 20.30
£50 for 4 lessons.
Teas and coffees are provided.
If you going us at the Leven why not arrive early and have a drink or enjoy a lovely meal
These classes are based on drawing and watercolour - we ask you to brink your own watercolour paints and a soft pencil (any of the B pencils) I will be adding to the mix with inks and paper to boost your creativity.
Booking for Potto https://garthbayley.co.uk/products/drawing-outside-the-lines-watercolour-class-potto
Booking for Leven
https://garthbayley.co.uk/products/art-class-leven-hotel
Single class - please email me the lesson you would like.
https://garthbayley.co.uk/products/drawing-outside-the-lines-in-watercolour-since-lesson
April will be Impressionist landscapes in Oil
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I still do a little dance every time I make a sale
I look forward to sharing my work with you
Garth
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Garth’s love for people, colour and movement is the foundation of his practice. His work originated in the subject of dance and he is still inspired by this. He recently had the opportunity to observe and sketch Northern Ballet (based in Leeds) during rehearsals for an upcoming show. These sketches will soon be leading to a new series of paintings. This initial interest in painting dance evolved over the time to also include cycling as a subject. Keeping to the theme of bold colour and movement, but with added mechanics. Garth has documented several cycling races for a number of years now and his “painting a day” approach to following races such as the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and our own Tours of Britain and Yorkshire has led to comprehensive body of work that collectors have snapped up from across the world. This year, Garth had the chance to witness the start of the Tour de France race for the team presentations in Bilbao (the taste for adventure now satisfied by frequent travelling). A third form of movement expressed in his painting comes from animals, most frequently horses and horseracing. Inspiration drawn from the everyday completes the repertoire and transforms more static items such as buildings and the world around us into landscapes that capture a moment in time with evocative colour and movement.
Garth’s work is held in collections on nearly all the continents (Antarctica is still being elusive…) and the ride his career as an artist has led him on has facilitated involvement in some amazing projects.
A select few of these project highlights include:
Please join Garth on a part of this ride by visiting his solo exhibition at the Heritage Gallery in Middlesbrough. It promises to be a colourful, eclectic, and somewhat wild mixture of paintings filled with bold movement.
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https://nationalracehorseweek.uk/yard/ilka-gansera-leveque-gallery-opening/
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During this event, you will have the opportunity to view my latest artwork, get a behind-the-scenes look at my creative process, and engage with me about my artistic vision. You will also be able to purchase any pieces that catch your eye.
Whether you are an art collector, an art enthusiast, or simply curious about the creative process, this event is for you! There will be something for everyone to enjoy, including refreshments and good company.
The dates for the open studio event are as follows:
The event will be held at my studio, located at :
12 Evergreen avenue
Stokesley
TS9 5FQ
The studio is open from 10am to 5pm each day. And by appointment on other days
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Artists will add splash of colour to Newmarket’s Guineas weekend
... ‘art that makes you feel good’
Newmarket racehorse trainer Ilka Gansera-Leveque will be adding a splash of colour to May’s Guineas weekend with an unusual art exhibition in her own Newmarket racing yard.
Ilka will be displaying work from 13 artists, including international names, alongside the thoroughbred racehorses in her Hamilton Road stables.
The ‘Art & Horse Racing’ exhibition will be open to the public free of charge at her picturesque Saint Wendred’s yard from 10am-6pm on Sunday 7 May, 1,000 Guineas Day.
It follows private viewings for racehorse owners, Vantage Point Racing Club members and invited guests during 2,000 Guineas Day on Saturday 6 May.
Emily Johnson, artist in residence at Cheltenham racecourse, is one of the exhibitors and can be seen painting during the exhibition – plus she is donating a sketch for visitors / social media followers to win.
For Ilka, it’s a natural move. “I love art and I want to exhibit some of my favourite artists alongside the real thing, the horses we have here,” she said. “This will be art that makes you feel good!
“Our artists have never exhibited together before. Staging it here in the stable will bring to life all that’s beautiful about the horses that we are lucky enough to handle on a daily basis.
“There will be a range of art on display and for sale from horses to dogs, nature, seascapes and cycling.
“I would like to think that this might become a regular feature on big racing days.”
Saint Wendred’s will host artists in residence at many of the UK’s most popular racecourses alongside international names, including;
French artist Benedicte Gele’s award-winning abstract pieces have a worldwide following for expression and emotion from horses, dogs and even hens!
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American artist Peggy Judy brings the iconic Wild West to life with her cow ponies, cowboys, cattle and wildlife
Terry Lindsey is another artist from the States, whose Tilting at Windmills Gallery in Vermont is one of the premier fine art galleries in New England. Her own artwork showcases her eclectic interests
Cambridge artist Clive Dawson will contribute some of his popular paintings of the city and textural palette knife work.
Mandy Dearsley, whose work is owned in America, New Zealand, the Falkland Islands and Spain, will exhibit sculptures of hares and a cockerel
Emily Johnson is a fine art equestrian artist specialising in oil portraits and is resident
artist at Cheltenham racecourse
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favourite artists of the national
Liz Armstrong, artist-in-residence at Windsor racecourse works with mixed media,
her contemporary, abstract images makes her one of
hunt fraternity.
Jackie Hardman was formerly Beverley racecourse artist and her detailed work
covers racing, dressage and show jumping, with hunting dogs and seascapes another
speciality
Garth Bayley’s contemporary pieces capture a bold moment in time ranging from cycling and horse racing and nature
Diana Cook is an American painter, who includes equestrian art along with experimenting with new materials and techniques including copper, gold leaf, oil and resin.
Deborah Burt’s love of horses and dogs in particular shows greatly in the skilful bronze sculptures that she creates
Rachel Constantine is a classical – realist oil painter, she is a graduate of The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Amanda Grace Markel from Montana specializes in modern equine and wildlife art with expressive personality and pizzazz
Exhibition : Saint Wendred’s, Hamilton Road, Newmarket CB8 7JQ Public Opening: Sunday 7th May. 10-6pm
Contact: Ilka Gansera-Leveque 01638 454973 / 0785 553 2072 office@gansera-leveque.com
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Join us at Hutton Rudby Village Hall on Tuesday evenings for oil painting classes. Oil painting is probably the easiest paint medium to work with. It is the very same medium that has been used to create some of the most famous works of art in history. From Leonardo Da Vinci to Picasso, oil paint has long been a staple for artists. You can find a brief breakdown of the class if you follow this PDF link - Oil Painting Class PDF
With the guidance of professional artist, Garth Bayley, you will receive a complete beginners guide to oil painting and hopefully, you will learn to fall in love with this beautiful medium.
Whether you are more interested in abstract expressionism or more delicately detailed traditional panting. This class will will have a fizzing social atmosphere and will be abuzz with creative energy - in short, this class is not something to be missed.
When you submit your enrolment form, you will be sent a welcome note outlining the structure of the classes with the option to buy a beginners kit to get you started (though, we will list the necessary materials to bring along with you to each class if you wish to source these yourself) and then you are all set.
Due to the popularity of our other art classes with Garth, we have had to make the decision to limit places to those who wish to attend the full 10 weeks and are happy to pay for the course upfront via bank transfer to secure their place (this payment is refundable in the unlikely event of course cancellation by Yorkshire Community Learning). So, if you would like to come along, don’t delay and get booked in today because spaces will go fast.
https://yorkshirecommunitylearning.co.uk/oil-painting
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Art & Horse Racing
2000 Guineas Weekend in May
Open to the Public
Sunday, May 7th
10am - 6pm
Artists will add splash of colour to Newmarket’s Guineas weekend
... ‘art that makes you feel good’
Newmarket racehorse trainer Ilka Gansera-Leveque will be adding a splash of colour to May’s Guineas weekend with an unusual art exhibition in her own Newmarket racing yard.
Ilka will be displaying work from ten artists, including international names, alongside the thoroughbred racehorses in her Hamilton Road stables.
The ‘Art & Horse Racing’ exhibition will be open to the public free of charge at her picturesque Saint Wendred’s yard from 10am-6pm on Sunday 7 May, 1,000 Guineas Day.
It follows private viewings for racehorse owners, Vantage Point Racing Club members and invited guests during 2,000 Guineas Day on Saturday 6 May.
Emily Johnson, artist in residence at Cheltenham racecourse, is one of the exhibitors and can be seen painting during the exhibition – plus she is donating a sketch for visitors / social media followers to win.
For Ilka, it’s a natural move. “I love art and I want to exhibit some of my favourite artists alongside the real thing, the horses we have here,” she said. “This will be art that makes you feel good!
“Our artists have never exhibited together before. Staging it here in the stable will bring to life all that’s beautiful about the horses that we are lucky enough to handle on a daily basis.
“There will be a range of art on display from horses to dogs, nature, seascapes and cycling.
“I would like to think that this might become a regular feature on big racing days.”
Saint Wendred’s will host artists in residence at many of the UK’s most popular racecourses alongside international names, including;
Exhibition : St Wendred’s, Hamilton Road, Newmarket CB8 7JQ
Public Opening. Sunday 7 May. 10-6pm
Contact: Ilka Gansera-Leveque 01638 454973 / 0785 553 2072
office@gansera-leveque.com
Join us at Potto Village Hall on the 14th January, 2023 between the hours of 1-4pm to get inside the mind of one of the greatest artists who ever lived, Vincent Van Gogh.
Professional artist Garth Bayley will take you on a journey through Van Gogh’s creative process with a demonstration of Van Gogh’s techniques before letting you loose to have a go yourself.
Throughout this special class, Garth will offer individual tuition and guidance as you paint, so that you too can learn how to create a masterpiece like the great Van Gogh.
After you have created your very own Van Gogh style painting, you can indulge in an afternoon tea with scones, jam, clotted cream, sandwiches, cake and lots of tea before receiving a little extra gift from us at Yorkshire Community Learning.
If you are a complete beginner, don’t worry! Our Van Gogh afternoon tea class is for all abilities.
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North Yorkshire Open Studios is an artist led event, run by a voluntary steering group of North Yorkshire based artists. North Yorkshire Open Studios enables artists and makers to open their studios, meet, promote, demonstrate and sell their work direct to the public, over the first two weekends in June.
After being cancelled for 2 years we have high hopes for 2022! The event has grown to become one of the major events in North Yorkshire’s cultural calendar, as well as one of the North’s most prestigious open studios events. For visitors and art buyers, North Yorkshire Open Studios is a unique opportunity to meet artists, to gain an insight into how their work is produced, find out what inspires them and to buy high quality art and craft directly from them.
I will be creating new work over the weekends and tea, coffee and homemade cake will make your visit a relaxing experience. You are welcome to come browse a selection of original art in a home environment.
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18 September - 14 November
In the Open will be an exhibition like no other, it is an important part of the museums new Arts Council England funded project. Professional, amateur and hobbying artists were invited to take part in the exhibition which will explore what impact the public health crisis has had on artists’ creativity and working practices,
specifically through art related to and depicting the northern landscape
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Today I finished bringing my art equipment into the new studio. I must say I’m very lucky to now have a space for painting and a separate space for admin (the less messy side of being an artist) So here’s to a new beginning with lots of inspiration from the local landscape and of course my sporting themes.
Since moving to North Yorkshire just as lockdown hit the UK, I have seen so many Garths … At least when people mistakenly call me Gareth, I can now say “Garth, as in the place name”. By definition, a Garth is an enclosed quadrangle or yard. So I’ve come across Goose Garth, Canon Garth, Ayrgarth, Apple Garth, Manor Garth, The Garth, Cock Garth (which sounds like schoolboy slang but has historic origins in cockfighting), and Garth Farm to name a few. This makes my social media name of ArtGarth quite appropriate. I feel this translates as a safe space to make art! Or a studio space to most other people. It must have been destiny when I decided on a name years ago!
This last period has been a very transitional period staying in a rental with no proper studio, but I’ve made do with a trestle table overlooking the bins! My country walks have kept me sane and allowed me to start exploring our new living area and I’m already starting to feel at home. I’ve done a lot more sketching and my sketch book is filling up and I’m now using these quick sketches to turn into paintings at home. It’s a good process as it’s using a combination of memory and the sketch for reference allowing more freedom. I also use some of my photos.
The thing I’m really missing like everyone else is people and I often go for long walks and not see a soul. On other days I want to run away with the overcrowding on the beaches so it’s all a balance. I think the most surreal walks include walking from Runswick Bay to Whitby with runners shooting past at the halfway point with a friendly hello. The walk to the top of Roseberry Topping was surprisingly busy at 10am whereas in many of the paintings thereof you will see no people.
This period has forced a time a reflection and I am now looking forward to a long period of stability and creativity in our new home. My new studio is in Stokesley (North Yorkshire) and I look forward to welcoming you to my Art Garth
Garth
@ArtGarth
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We are moving on again!! This time to North Yorkshire and into a rental for six months. We have sold up and are looking for a new home.
I’m excited about the prospects to get involved in new artist groups. It seems like the North East and Yorkshire have a thriving art scene. As part of the move I’ll be closing down my studio for six months while we house hunt. My website and online will remain active so you will still be able to keep up with my news and what I’m creating. I’m looking forward to going out on the Moors to capture the changing of the seasons and I'll have great coasts to start some seascapes. I haven’t been painting plein air for a while so this will be great for me to expand my repertoire. Of course, this will also place me in the heart of cycling and horse racing country so a good place to keep the major themes of the last few years going.
I’ll start packing up the studio in about 2 weeks’ time so this will be a good time to grab a painting you’ve had your eye on. Send me an email if there is something you like, and we can strike a deal!
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I recently was approached by a church in Washington on seeing some of my work online and commissioned me to paint the ten stations of the life of Jesus. (A positive new idea on the stations of the cross) We worked together via email and the church put together a list of storeys they would like to have interpreted into artworks. The church is very multicultural and they wanted to reflect this in the new church they were building. They sent me photos and had the members of the congregation workshop together to give me key words and ideas. It was then up to me to reinterpret into pictures.
Here is the resulting paintings
The birth of all creation.
Here I looked at the story of the creation and thought of the birth of Jesus. I chose hands holding the world but showing an embryo instead of Earth. I included the rainbow to represent an inclusiveness to all people and nations, and the flowers as new life. Ink and Oil paint
Beloved children of God
I loved your image of the baptism in the pool. This for me shows you can come to God at any time and not just as a baby. The gold leaf light shows the blessing we receive at this time. The dove on the head of the congregant is also gold leaf to connect the two. The jug (an image from your alter) pours love and the many hands offer a connection to God and each other. Ink, Gouache, Oil pastel and Gold Leaf.
Hand in hand - creating deciples
I found your image of the circle holding hands especially powerful. Here as a teenager you are finding yourself. I’ve made the figures ambiguous but connected. This is the beginning of life’s journey. Oil paint and Oil Pastel
Let me tell you a story.
A modern Jesus climbs the mountain to deliver a sermon. Look around and you’ll see an eye, a bird, some coins, bread and trees. The listeners are in the foreground. Find what speaks to you in this story. Oil paint
Just one touch
Outcast and suffering… the belief of being cured by a single touch of the hem of Christ’s robe will heal you. A right royal robe here with the woman’s blood on the floor. Based on tradition Ghanian dress Inks and Oil pastel
Faith
He walks on water, calms the storms and parts the sea. Faith is the key. Abstract image to combine all three. Oil paint using palette knife
Anointing with oil.
I’ve made this image modern in that the images are quite naïve and shows the connection between Mary and Jesus. They are intertwined to almost become one. I hope this is the feeling confirmation students get.Oil paint and Oil pastel
Come dine with me.
I’ve combined the last supper with the feeding of the 5000. This is quite literal and using children getting stuck into the feast around a table is such a joy to watch.Pen and Ink
Forgive Them
Humanity on the cross. Jesus looks down from the cross humbled. Oil paint
Breakfast with the disciples
The resurrection and renewal celebrated with food. Cooking morsels of fish on an open fire to say Thank you Jesus. The large flames through the sunrise foreshadowing the fire of Pentecost (fishes down the side are also the symbol of Christianity). Oil paint
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Stage one
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Stage Five
Stage Six
Stage Seven
Stage Eight
Stage Nine
Stage Ten
Stage Eleven
Stage Twelve
Stage Thirteen
Stage Fourteen
Stage Fifteen
Stage Sixteen
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Stage twenty one
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The group do a narrative over the two nights with a story that unfolds. They also have a single woman on a circus ring which took a lot of my focus. The rest of the models played out the story of nymphs in the forest with the raven and the models wearing diaphanous fabrics with hints and glimpses of what lay below creating a interesting and complicated tableaux to draw. The live music was also fantastic, and I even managed a sneaky drawing of some of the musicians.
Here are some of the drawings and outcomes from the night.
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I know there is a concern of hanging art in a kitchen but most glazed oils and pictures behind glass should be fine in most domestic kitchens. We no longer cook on open fires!
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Don't be sad! I'm aiming to paint the Tour of Britain later in they year...
]]>I've decided that if England bring home the cup I'll do a full oil painting. In the meantime her are some sketches from the England/Tunisia game and the England /Sweden Game.
These re not on my website but are available for sale. Email me for details art@garthbayley.co.uk
England Tunisia composition of much of the action
Swedish player boxed in by the English team
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at Really Very Nice Gallery in Bury St Edmunds
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This image is of the crowds on stage three #TDY
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I have a selection from 2016 to for you to browse.
If you would like to purchase any of these please email me on art@garthbayley.co.uk
Ill be adding more images from this years race as they completed .
To keep up with the latest cycling news follow http://www.cyclingfans.com/tour-of-croatia/live
]]>The Grand National is a horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap steeplechase over 4 miles 514 yards (6.907 km) with horses jumping 30 fences over two laps. It is the most valuable jump race in Europe, with a prize fund of £1 million in 2017. An event that is prominent in British culture, the race is popular amongst many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year.
The course over which the race is run features much larger fences than those found on conventional National Hunt tracks. Many of these, particularly Becher's Brook, The Chair and the Canal Turn, have become famous in their own right and, combined with the distance of the event, create what has been called "the ultimate test of horse and rider".
As an artist the most important thing for me is to capture the feeling of the race. The importance of rider and jockey is reduced to the point that they become a generic idea of the race and your favourite can be seen here.
In this painting I have looked at the big fences with the horses coming over the fences. I wanted you to know how big they were so taking up the whole side of the picture. The horses an jockeys almost become caricatures of themselves.
To coincide with the 2018 Grand National I am offering this painting at a reduced rate for a limited time. The painting is framed in a classic black frame and the overall size is 104 x 84 x 3cm.
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The biggest questions I come across when people are viewing an artwork for possible purchase are:
Where will I hang it?
Will it fit the space?
Will it match the décor?
And finally … Do I have the space!
Hanging art is a very personal thing. I always advice the most important thing is to love the artwork! There is an artwork for every space. Make it part of a gallery wall where there is a variety of artworks and possibly photos or other memorabilia. Here you can go to town with ideas but a good tip is to lay out the work on the floor to get an idea of how the composition will look. I measure the space and put markers down so I have the same space to work in.
Is the work too small for a space? Have you thought of using a larger frame to accentuate the artwork.
Large artworks can be made to feel smaller by framing in a simple frame in a neutral colour or even a colour to match the wall. You can also try hanging the painting unframed which gives a very contemporary feel to a room.
Will it match the décor is a silly question for me as very rarely does the artwork match a room. Think layering, contrasts and personality rather than colour match. Too much of the same colour can make the painting disappear.
And the biggest advice I can give is change your paintings around every now and again. Rearrange, change rooms or swap out from your collection. When you see the same thing day in and out you stop seeing it. Rearranging can make you see an artwork in a new light. You may discover new things about the painting or just appreciate the work afresh.
Here is a link to Kate Watson Smyths hanging guide https://affordableartfair.com/inspiration/art-hanging-advice-from-kate-watson-smyth-mad-about-the-house
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