Sophia and Me

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What went wrong Michael? Why did you ditch her? A younger version came on the scene? Claudia Cardinale? Love the brushstrokes!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Thu 30 Sep 08:22:51

Thanks Marjorie. She ditched me actually.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 30 Sep 08:27:10

Carlo obvs had other things to offer……

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Thu 30 Sep 08:44:18

Brilliant!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 30 Sep 09:59:25

What a shame Michael didn’t know what she was missing! Great work.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 30 Sep 10:04:08

Fascinating work of art.

Posted by Chris Scott on Thu 30 Sep 10:30:05

Thank you Marjorie, Carole, Gudrun and Chris.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 30 Sep 11:00:11

Of course you did!

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 30 Sep 12:40:35

Lovely artwork, Michael.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Thu 30 Sep 14:13:33

Thanks Ellen and Heather.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 30 Sep 15:02:12

I was only thinking of you this morning Michael, and here you are! A tender moment shared, so lovely.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 30 Sep 18:49:47

Thanks Fiona. You are always in my heart too.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 30 Sep 20:28:23

How delightful! As Marjorie says Why did you itch her!!!!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Fri 01 Oct 04:34:38

Thanks Thalia.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 01 Oct 05:51:56

Lovely

Posted by Romila Datta on Sun 03 Oct 20:10:00

Hang on Studio Wall

30/09/2021

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From a photograph taken by a newspaper photographer in Monaco in the 1960s when I was courting Sophia Loren. Digital image on iPad.

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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