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Walking the Walk by Michael Mcmanus

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Michael, you are a rascal....(-:

3 great portraits today Michael

Lol.....she’s got the look! As well as having the walk, you talk the talk too Mick.

Thanks Heather and Fiona.

Good pastel, Michael.

Some really good portraits and wonderful tales Michael.

Thanks Cesare and Carole.

A lovely wild look about this Michael. Love your little anecdotes Michael. A real breath of fresh air.

Thanks Carole. I agree, and said the same thing to someone else yesterday. I think that men are probably sensitive to the ‘wild’ look and woman know how to create it. Pastel seems to provide the earthy, rough and wild element.

You paint the talk Michael

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08/11/2020
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Portrait of a woman who told me, ‘You and Knuckles Bellwood have walked the walk Mick’. ‘Which one do you mean?’ I asked, ‘Pennine Way, The Lyke Wake, Helvellyn, Scafell Pike, Skiddaw? ‘No’ she replied, ‘I mean when you were both Durham’s top fashion models’. ‘Oh yes, we were a pair of dandies, in fact, Knuckles still presents an impressive sight’, I said. Pastel.

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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