Portrait of a lover

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Lovely drawing Michael.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Mon 25 Feb 09:21:34

Thanks Carole. It’s submitted by our art society as part of the present Norman Cornish Exhibition and Beamish Museum.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 25 Feb 09:24:47

Welcome back with this beautiful portrait, Michael.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Mon 25 Feb 10:25:03

I really like this as it is so expressive. Keep them coming.

Posted by John S. Smith on Mon 25 Feb 10:27:12

Hey Michael, good to see you back and turning out good work.

Posted by Jim Morris on Mon 25 Feb 11:12:25

Thanks for encouragement Cesare, John and Jim.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 25 Feb 11:29:27

Beautiful

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Mon 25 Feb 14:00:21

Thanks Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 25 Feb 14:23:46

Love her expression, Michael, so good!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Mon 25 Feb 15:13:41

Really great portrait Michael.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Mon 25 Feb 15:56:17

Thanks Thalia and Margaret.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 25 Feb 16:37:13

Great drawing Michael

Posted by Russell Edwards on Mon 25 Feb 17:18:44

Thanks Russell.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 25 Feb 17:33:53

Sensitive portrait Michael, love the marks you have made to built up the portrait.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 25 Feb 19:03:38

Hang on Studio Wall

25/02/2019

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9B graphite pencil. Part of exhibition at Beamish Museum at the moment by Chester le Street Art Society and associated with the Norman Cornish Exhibition.

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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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