Facilitator

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What a way to go , like the painting Michael.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Sat 07 Jan 16:37:14

Thanks Dixie.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 07 Jan 16:43:11

Think some of us had the same voyage, lovely picture well done Michael.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Sat 07 Jan 16:43:13

Thanks Stephen.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 07 Jan 17:05:03

A Mesmerising stare from the past. Excellent.

Posted by Chris Scott on Sat 07 Jan 18:25:55

Thanks Chris.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 07 Jan 19:31:03

Interesting composition! A great painting Michael.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sat 07 Jan 20:44:49

Thanks Spencer.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 07 Jan 22:11:54

Great work Michael.

Posted by Diane Boswell on Sat 07 Jan 22:37:29

Thanks Diane.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 07 Jan 23:32:45

I love your commentaries as much as your paintings!

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 08 Jan 09:13:40

Mysterious story and painting Michael. Excellent

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Sun 08 Jan 09:22:37

I thought the word meant she kept the batteries topped up in your hearing aid and mobile phone, Michael. Good smile stuff as ever. (-:

Posted by Jim Morris on Sun 08 Jan 09:31:25

Thanks Heather, Martin and Jim.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 08 Jan 10:10:07

Good company at the time, was she?

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Sun 08 Jan 12:05:50

Bet she didn’t need to work too hard to facilitate your descent……but how could you resist? Love the darks in the image, very fitting x

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 08 Jan 13:07:45

Robert and Fiona, thank you for your lovely comments.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 08 Jan 13:43:12

Hang on Studio Wall

07/01/2023

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Portrait of a woman who facilitated my descent into hell in the 1960s. God help me.! Watercolour.

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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