Car boot combat

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It’s Car-BOOM the Michael, I like it.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Thu 28 Sep 09:42:25

Thanks John. Your inspiration again. Mirror images and see what develops.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 28 Sep 10:09:36

Fabulous!! I'm loving the story Michael.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 28 Sep 15:39:30

Thanks Margaret.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 28 Sep 15:42:02

Brilliant Michael! Shows that dreams are useful.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Thu 28 Sep 17:53:03

Thanks Satu.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 28 Sep 17:55:53

Great stuff.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 01 Oct 15:53:19

Thanks Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 01 Oct 16:07:19

Hang on Studio Wall

28/09/2017

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I awoke this morning in fear and panic. I'd been dreaming of two mythical beasts in combat. I immediately went into a state of surrealist automatism and produced this image in watercolour. I wonder what it means? The only explanation I can give is that I was in heated discussion yesterday with a woman who sold me a massive box of oil paints at Corbridge car boot sale. She wanted a pound but I'd only offered 50p. I ended up the vanquished.

About the Artist

Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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