Knuckles

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Love it Michael, it got me laughing right off. (-:

Posted by Jim Morris on Sun 29 Sep 13:09:05

Looks tough - nice one, Michael

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Sun 29 Sep 14:02:57

Good portrait, Michael.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Sun 29 Sep 14:07:51

Mesmerising Michael! Love it!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Sun 29 Sep 14:10:17

Great character in this portrait Michael.

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 29 Sep 15:18:48

He must have been good Michael, not only to have knocked you down but he’s still “pretty”. Excellent use of charcoal, love his eyes.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 29 Sep 15:28:23

Thank you all, you lovely people.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 29 Sep 16:17:54

What a characterful face Michael! Tell me where he lives I will get him for you ;))

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 30 Sep 14:12:21

Thanks Carole. Don’t go anywhere near him without me; he’ll knock your block off.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 30 Sep 14:45:18

Excellent.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Mon 30 Sep 16:24:05

Thanks Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 30 Sep 16:53:30

Hang on Studio Wall

29/09/2019

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The only bare knuckled fighter that has ever knocked me down. Portrait sketch of the Irish traveller, Paddy Di Niro, taken at Appleby Fair prior to the world championship bout in which I fought him and retained my title. Charcoal.

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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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