View from my drone.

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Lovely effects!

Posted by Romila Datta on Thu 04 May 19:15:39

Thanks Romila.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 04 May 19:21:21

Ah, Michael, this is ace!! It's like you've built it..great result

Posted by Kate Nicol on Thu 04 May 20:22:58

I like the strength and blocks of colour applied by your palette knife. It shows an impressive landscape against a gentle, smooth sky. Great work Michael.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Thu 04 May 21:01:38

Thank you Kate and Spencer.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 04 May 21:16:33

Well done, Michael.

Posted by Coral Pastor Caparrós on Fri 05 May 06:43:24

Well, your method works very well!

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 05 May 07:01:21

Well that’s a good way to describe how you feel Michael. Well done, great work.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Fri 05 May 07:31:45

Thanks Coral, Heather and Carole.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 05 May 08:35:45

Well Michael, certainly different to your usual subject matter, but I really like the impasto and knife work, and the thought of a view from above. I’m also enjoying lathering on the thick stuff lately, very freeing and great not to have an end result in mind! 👏🏼👍🏻

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sat 06 May 07:52:59

Thanks Tessa.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 07 May 07:12:29

Hang on Studio Wall

04/05/2023

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View from my drone. Oil on canvas 10 inches square. Done with palette knife. This is me letting off steam. With palette knife and the impasso style you really do feel free - like a plasterer at work in a newly built house. The free style suites my personality and I enjoy it. I’m quick but I’m rough, is another aspect of my personality. Not to forget my total lack of planning - I just slap it on, the shapes appear and only then I see what it will be. I’m a total anarchist. Fate will have its way.

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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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