Not a sugar baby by Michael Mcmanus

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He's a toughie too, fabulous use of colour in a portrait ... very menacing.

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 27 May 09:41:58

Thanks Heather.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 27 May 09:55:37

Love the thick layers of paint, in places almost abstract, yet it remains a good strong face.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 27 May 10:31:32

Thanks Lewis.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 27 May 11:09:01

Great portrait, Michael. Goodness he looks quite fierce.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Fri 27 May 13:01:54

Very good.

Posted by Denise Cat on Fri 27 May 14:24:46

Like the intensity of the gaze and the impasto texture adds a sinister feeling to this unusual portrait, Michael.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Fri 27 May 15:14:46

This is great Michael

Posted by Russell Edwards on Fri 27 May 16:31:20

Thank you ladies and Russell for your kind encouragement.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 27 May 16:53:14

A real meanie this one…

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 28 May 21:37:51

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27/05/2022

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Portrait of a man who told me, ‘You and Frankie, you’re tough guys not sugar babies’. Impasto, oil on canvas.

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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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