The face of anxiety.

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Vibrates with me Michael

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Tue 05 Dec 08:27:32

Poor man, he looks as though he really is in agony!

Posted by Jennifer Brown on Tue 05 Dec 08:29:36

Thanks Dennis and Jennifer.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 05 Dec 08:33:23

Crikey, this is good Michael.

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 05 Dec 08:39:51

It’s expresive that’s for sure Michael.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Tue 05 Dec 08:51:52

Thanks Louise and John.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 05 Dec 08:53:21

Too true - I know it well, unfortunately Mick.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Tue 05 Dec 09:36:31

Commiserations Adele.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 05 Dec 09:38:16

My goodness this really does resonate emotion Michael and I think the palette and brush marks you’ve used to describe the portrait adds impact. I thought you were going to say, this is a girl I met on Skeggy beach.........

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 05 Dec 11:07:34

Thanks Fiona, well, I did meet a girl on the beach at Skegness that time I was a Bluecoat at Butlins.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 05 Dec 11:27:21

Popwerful stuff Michael. A brave subject to tackle. Nice work.

Posted by Jim Morris on Tue 05 Dec 11:32:44

Fantastic painting Michael

Posted by Russell Edwards on Tue 05 Dec 11:57:55

Thanks Jim and Russell.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 05 Dec 13:37:55

Terrific, Michael!

Posted by Cesare Romano on Tue 05 Dec 14:59:08

Wow Michael, this is very impressive!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 05 Dec 15:26:28

Thanks Cesare and Margaret.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 05 Dec 15:28:36

Terrific Michael and so true.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Tue 05 Dec 16:06:44

Thanks Satu.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 05 Dec 16:10:55

Great work Michael it a very powerful painting you some talent along this line Michael, it looks very much in the Francis Bacon mode and his paintings sell for millions

Posted by dennis roberts on Tue 05 Dec 16:13:30

Thanks Dennis. That's kind of you to say so.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 05 Dec 16:16:10

Sad but true, so common now. Very expressive Michael.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 06 Dec 10:08:13

Thanks Carole.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 06 Dec 12:07:01

Unnerving to say the least!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 07 Dec 13:29:27

My nerves are on edge too Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 07 Dec 13:32:33

Hang on Studio Wall

05/12/2017

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Mental pain. An image of the constant state of anxiety suffered by so many and which reverberates on us non-sufferers.

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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