Saint Cuthbert of Durham

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Not the standard depiction of a saint but who knows, probably more accurate!

Posted by Stephen Slater on Thu 20 Sep 08:26:03

He's definitely a mate of St Joseph of Bolton Michael. (-:

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 20 Sep 08:41:03

Standard depictions are no fun Stephen. Jesus is always a western man, why not an eastern woman? Here comes surrealism!

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 20 Sep 08:56:35

Joe with the Lancashire accent who wears the Wander’s shirt Jim?

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 20 Sep 08:58:35

Been watching too many horror movies. St Cuthbert will be turning in his grave Michael.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Thu 20 Sep 12:29:54

There are various images of St Cuthbert on Google. I looked up Holy Island . I was trying to figure out how to up load you a pic but I can’t . You may want to look for yourself. Your likeness is remarkably like the images on the island. A bit spooky really.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Thu 20 Sep 17:49:29

He might Carole. Well the man did come to me in a dream, so I saw the big jawed narrow shouldered saint Sylvia. I wonder who I’ll dream about tonight, perhaps St. David - been there but not seen him yet. I’ll let you know.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 20 Sep 19:27:36

I'm glad I don't have your dreams Michael! All your paintings are great.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 20 Sep 21:15:24

Thanks Margaret.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 20 Sep 21:30:59

Brilliant. I made up a similar one on Wednesday, perhaps even more disturbing so have not posted it.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 21 Sep 10:00:47

Thanks Gudrun. Why not do some disturbing?

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 21 Sep 11:21:25

Hang on Studio Wall

20/09/2018

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An image that came to me in a dream last night. He said he was St. Cuthbert of Durham and that he was sad at the way Durham City Council were spoiling the city centre. 'I agree entirely Cuths' I said, woke up, immediately went into a state of automatic surrealism and produced this watercolour. I was startled by his massive jaw bone and narrow shoulders.

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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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