Going ashore

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Hello sailor. Super little sketch.

Posted by Seth Dalton on Sat 12 May 07:57:23

Good friends ! Nice painting great figures 👍🏻

Posted by Rachel Mansell on Sat 12 May 08:08:57

Yes, great work, Michael.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Sat 12 May 08:15:50

Thanks Rachel, Lewis and Seth.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 12 May 08:30:13

I love your sailors Michael: simple painting so well observed.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sat 12 May 13:48:45

Thanks Tessa. All the nice girls love them.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 12 May 13:53:59

Love it.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 12 May 14:07:05

Your figures are always so good Michael, the touch of the bell bottoms, terrific!!

Posted by Linda Drury on Sat 12 May 15:04:26

Smashing work Michael.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sat 12 May 15:40:04

Thanks Gudrun, Linda and Margaret.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 12 May 15:49:43

I had a few sailors in my life Michael. I trained in Liverpool so there were a few around. These two are very cheeky.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Sat 12 May 19:41:18

Then you know what sailors are Sylvia. Bright and breezy, free and easy. Ship ahoy!

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 12 May 20:04:24

Love your 'sailor series' Michael!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 13 May 08:37:42

I don't see many matelots these days. Nice to see them again.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Sun 13 May 10:17:28

Thanks Carole and Linda.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 13 May 19:41:07

Another one which has just made me smile.. 'Hello sailor' indeed :)

Posted by Louise Naimian on Sun 13 May 20:15:57

That’s good Louise.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 13 May 21:09:55

Hang on Studio Wall

12/05/2018

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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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