My Masterpiece

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I do like these colours - I’m off to have a go!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Thu 30 Sep 08:43:09

Love it ...!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 30 Sep 10:02:24

Great portrait Michael, she looks so beautiful.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 30 Sep 10:10:33

Lovely portrait Michael, the colours look good.

Posted by Denise Cat on Thu 30 Sep 10:43:36

Thanks folks.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 30 Sep 11:05:51

Love your choice of palette and that very wistful expression Michael.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Thu 30 Sep 12:11:39

So interesting and your 'stories' always make me smile and think

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 30 Sep 12:36:46

Beautiful portrait, Michael.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Thu 30 Sep 14:14:58

Thanks Carole, Heather and Ellen.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 30 Sep 14:54:22

Terrific series of paintings today, Michael a joy to see them.

Posted by Willie Drea on Thu 30 Sep 15:08:45

Yes,a lovely portrait and exposes her genteel nature, captured so well!

Posted by Angela Harrison on Thu 30 Sep 16:04:05

Thanks Willie and Angela.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 30 Sep 18:32:30

Love the palette Michael, a striking and lovely portrait.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 30 Sep 18:55:20

Beautiful painting, Michael!

Posted by Cesare Romano on Thu 30 Sep 19:48:54

Thanks Fiona and Cesare.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 30 Sep 20:29:05

Hang on Studio Wall

30/09/2021

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Portrait of a woman at my art group who complemented me on my masterpiece. ‘Rather beautiful’, she said. 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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