Allegory of a Bad Man.

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Do you think you’ve covered everything Michael? Hmm not sure. This would make an excellent mug shot. Great result.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sun 27 Aug 12:34:23

Don’t know how you can bear to paint him Michael ( good painting though) - the only way to deal with him is to starve him of oxygen, tho’ not literally of course😉

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sun 27 Aug 12:51:11

Excellent job Michael! We call him ‘old pouty chops’!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Sun 27 Aug 13:16:35

You said it all - good depiction Michael

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 27 Aug 13:27:18

Thanks Carole, Marjorie, Tessa and Heather. I don’t think I did get everything Carole. I agree Marjorie and I thought long and hard before I did. I got some pleasure out of expressing it.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 27 Aug 16:51:21

Absolutely brilliant Michael! There are one or two more things I could add to your list……

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 28 Aug 13:55:40

You could probably sell it to the narcissistic old (expletive deleted): he'd take it as a tribute. That some Americans think this man is anything other than a bloviating confidence trickster, liar, fraud.... it makes you despair for humanity.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Mon 28 Aug 19:15:22

ThanksFiona. Indeed Robert.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 29 Aug 06:32:50

Hang on Studio Wall

27/08/2023

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Allegory of Mysogeny, Racism, Fascism, Grandiosity, Narcissism, Falsehood, Disagreeableness, Sexism and Gangsterism. 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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