Beacon

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Ha-ha....age daunts you not Michael (-:

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 27 Apr 18:42:12

That’s a great compliment Jim.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Thu 27 Apr 18:44:38

Good portrait and good compliment, Jim.

Posted by Coral Pastor Caparrós on Fri 28 Apr 06:52:26

Wonderful and your words never fail to make me smile.

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 28 Apr 07:21:25

Good painting Michael. Full of character. His view of the world still resonates!

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Fri 28 Apr 09:10:50

Thanks Coral, Heather, Martin.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Fri 28 Apr 09:50:52

Hang on Studio Wall

27/04/2023

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Portrait of my Professor at the university who told me, ‘You are a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia, misogyny and racism in much of the democratic world’. ‘I accept your analysis’, I replied. 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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