Beauty's Rejection

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Michael....that's so funny!!! I can't stop laughing......and how did you know that's exactly what I would say to a smooth talking dandy, but I have to admit, that look almost makes me feel sorry for him!lol I love the sound of the first prize, I have a small John Deere tractor but a large one sounds much more fun....and the pastels would come in very handy too. Mick you are so good at these intense and emotional portrait studies...great use of pastel and colour. I especially like the heavy black areas.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 31 Aug 11:41:13

Thanks Fiona. You're worth it.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 31 Aug 12:18:57

Superb Michael

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 31 Aug 13:30:18

Thanks Dennis.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 31 Aug 13:40:29

Regardless of story/anecdotes, this is superb.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 31 Aug 16:14:57

Wonderful portrait and story!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 31 Aug 16:31:37

See you're influenced by Francis Bacon. Very bold Michael, reminiscent of a bad trip.

Posted by andre mulard on Wed 31 Aug 17:30:09

Thanks Gudrun, Margaret and Andre. I do seem to prefer the grotesque to the fine photograph look Andre.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 31 Aug 18:38:45

Very expressive Michael. Can't understand the famous Fiona rejecting him he's gorgeous 💀😄

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 01 Sep 07:31:17

He is quite rough Carole but apparently some ladies like that. Obviously not Fiona.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 01 Sep 07:37:43

These faces and descriptions are brilliant Michael. I can just hear our Fiona telling him to get lost and he certainly looks stunned. Disbelief etched on his handsome face. LOL

Posted by Louise Naimian on Fri 02 Sep 07:49:28

Thanks Louise.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 02 Sep 08:10:56

Hang on Studio Wall

31/08/2016

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Pastel. At the Rural Landscape Awards, the smooth-talking, dandy Italian landscape artist, Roberto Savargio, looks rejected and shocked after attempting to chat-up the beautiful award winning Scottish rural landscape painter, Fiona Phipps, who tells him to 'get lost Robbie'. She is later seen celebrating into the night with her fellow 'Galloway School' artists. Fiona was awarded first prize, a big green John Deere tractor and a life long supply of Sennelier soft pastels.

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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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