Unconventional

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You certainly conjure up some wonderful expressions Michael and anxiety is a very current topic. Well portrayed here.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Thu 24 Oct 19:08:53

Thanks Tessa.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 24 Oct 20:00:39

What an expression! He does look extremely worried, a bit shifty and very suspicious about whatever it is he's looking at. Anxiety is a serious topic I know but your expressive 'unconventional' portrait made me smile. Great portrait !!!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Thu 24 Oct 21:39:20

Marvelously real expression. (He looks like he's read your description of the painting.)

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 25 Oct 06:32:44

Love the way you capture personalities (and your explanations!)

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 25 Oct 07:07:42

Thanks Louise, Lewis and Heather.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 25 Oct 07:32:07

I think I saw him in Asda yesterday Michael...(-:

Posted by Jim Morris on Fri 25 Oct 09:52:45

That’s where he shops Jim! Jim, I’ve been looking on the forum to try and answer whether, after the trial period has ended, we have to pay to upload our paintings. Can you tell me the answer?

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 25 Oct 10:09:22

Fabulous work. Unless you want to have all the bells and whistles with POL, you carry on as usual after trial period.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Fri 25 Oct 17:10:09

Thanks Gudrun. That’s good news.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 25 Oct 17:21:44

Hang on Studio Wall

24/10/2019

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Portrait of a man who suffered anxieties and was suspicious of others but who was cynical and played upon people’s conventional expectations. Acrylic on canvas.

About the Artist

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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