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I always love your paintings and narratives - keep them coming!

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 13 Apr 06:20:32

Thanks Heather. I’m ‘learning’ oil.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 13 Apr 06:22:37

Regardless of her unkind words, this is a super figure painting Michael!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 13 Apr 08:22:44

Thanks Louise.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 13 Apr 08:35:38

Love the style and colours.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Tue 13 Apr 09:57:19

Lovely, strong shapes and pose Michael.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Tue 13 Apr 10:27:30

Thanks Jenny and Carole.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 13 Apr 10:34:09

Love it’s simplicity, Michael.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Tue 13 Apr 10:41:34

Thanks Ellen.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 13 Apr 11:44:17

Beautiful painting

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 13 Apr 18:38:16

Thanks Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 13 Apr 18:45:33

You’re learning fast Michael, love it!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 13 Apr 19:30:51

Thanks Fiona.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 13 Apr 19:33:12

Great pose, love the palette Michael.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 13 Apr 20:46:12

Thanks Carole.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 14 Apr 03:53:35

Hang on Studio Wall

13/04/2021

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Portrait of a woman who, at the time, told me to ‘get on your bike Jack’. Oil 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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