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Lovely there's hope for us all

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 31 Aug 13:28:27

Thanks Dennis, especially yourself.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 31 Aug 13:41:54

Hi Michael, I don't know if are more fun your figures and your portraits or the stories you tell about. Anyway i like your portraits. Had you a bigger photo profile, I had soon made your portrait.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Wed 31 Aug 14:06:22

Thanks Cesare. I've changed my photo. It may be a bit bigger.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 31 Aug 14:51:28

I love this its a powerful painting Michael

Posted by dennis roberts on Wed 31 Aug 15:16:30

A fabulous expression magnificently painted. -worth a fortune.

Posted by Willie Drea on Wed 31 Aug 15:43:47

I just love this.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 31 Aug 16:18:23

A lively one Michael.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 31 Aug 16:21:57

Thanks Dennis, Willie, Margaret and Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 31 Aug 18:56:47

These are so good Michael, great stories too.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 01 Sep 07:34:15

Thanks Carole.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 01 Sep 07:39:45

Now I'm laughing even more!!!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Fri 02 Sep 07:42:16

That's good Louise.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 02 Sep 08:10:01

Lol! I do like the linework and the personality in spades coming through the painting, though!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Fri 02 Sep 14:53:13

Thanks Seok.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 02 Sep 17:27:28

Hang on Studio Wall

31/08/2016

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A record £40,000 was paid for an amateur artist's work at Chrities of London auction last night. The watercolour portrait , entitled, 'Malcolm' was the creation of the Romano-Anglo artist, Cesare Romano. When informed of the sale by a press photographer who photographed Malcolm, the subject of the painting said, 'I'm so shocked, it has totally changed my facial contours'.

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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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