Re-Paints, Artist Proofs & Paint Your Owns
This is an
early artists proof paint trial of 'Earth' which
I own and it is completely different to the production version, it was painted
by Caroline Briggs
I like this piece better from the front but the production
piece better from the back
The two pictures below show
the early paint trial and the production piece bases together. You can see that
when Royal Doulton/HSC were going to release it, it was dated 2003 and limited
to 1,950, this changed when it was finally released by Xystos instead, it got
redated as 2005, reference to Holland Studio Craft was removed and it's now
limited to 950
Below are two comparison photos
with the early paint trial and the production piece
There are a number of
differences which I didn't notice until I was taking photos, firstly the tail
is twisted a different way at the end and the secondly the wings are lifted
higher up on the original, they hang a lot lower on the production piece.
Below are the official photo
of the paint trial
(Photos dated 5th of August 2003)