A domestic abuser who violently resisted arrest. Ah, sweet justice. Pastel.

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Great stuff Michael

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Sun 14 Jan 08:36:21

Thanks Dennis.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 14 Jan 09:11:32

Looks as though someone got their own back! Great one Michael.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 14 Jan 10:01:14

Brilliant 'wildness' in the eyes well done!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 14 Jan 10:02:14

Nasty looking chap!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Sun 14 Jan 10:07:39

That expression is scary. Great sketch.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Sun 14 Jan 10:41:50

Is that how he got his shiners Michael? Terrific.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 14 Jan 10:59:48

Thank you all ladies.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 14 Jan 14:43:12

Marvellous result Michael, he has two lovely shiners there, and it's a great pastel.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sun 14 Jan 15:37:18

Thanks Margaret.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 14 Jan 16:05:12

Quite a disturbing image. He actually looks like the epitomy of evil.

Posted by Michael Hanrahan on Mon 15 Jan 17:38:09

A man who abuses his family is the epitome of evil Michael. That was the idea for me, to make him look so and to imagine some justice for the abused, who are generally invisible.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 15 Jan 17:52:24

Hang on Studio Wall

14/01/2018

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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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