Neck

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Great message and painting (a giraffe woman indeed). Happy Christmas to you too!

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 23 Dec 14:32:03

There you are Michael, I’ve missed you! I have a long neck, not as long as your ladies here but I’d never part with you! 😉

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 23 Dec 15:52:34

Forgot to wish you both all good things for Christmas and in to 2025!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 23 Dec 15:53:18

The neck of it!! Good to see your work again Michael. Best wishes for Christmas and The New Year.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Mon 23 Dec 15:58:53

Thank you ladies. I’ve seen your neck Fiona, it’s most beautiful and isn’t the sort of neck my dad meant.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 23 Dec 16:26:29

Good one Michael, merry Christmas mate 🎄

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Mon 23 Dec 17:41:52

Thanks Stephen.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 23 Dec 18:24:00

Super Michael and a Merry Christmas.

Posted by Denise Cat on Mon 23 Dec 18:37:12

Wouldn’t trust that face Michael never mind the neck of it! Merry Christmas to you and a Happy Healthy New Year 🎄

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 23 Dec 18:48:06

Thanks Denise and Carole.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 23 Dec 19:48:18

Best Wishes to You Michael.

Posted by George Cutter on Mon 23 Dec 21:24:41

I’ve never heard that one before Michael, what a fascinating painting

Posted by Frank Bingley on Tue 24 Dec 07:46:06

Thank you George and Frank.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 24 Dec 09:23:35

I've been the recipient of a look like that before ... though I don't think she was trying to buy or sell me.

Posted by Robert Jones, Napa on Tue 24 Dec 10:04:21

You never know what they’re thinking Robert.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 24 Dec 10:25:34

Unmistakably yours! More good things in 2025!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 31 Dec 21:35:12

I'm not sure why I like it but I do.

Posted by Kay Henderson on Fri 03 Jan 17:11:26

Hang on Studio Wall

23/12/2024

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My dad always told me, ‘Never trust a woman with a long neck Michael, they’ll buy you at one side of the street and sell you at the other’. So true. Watercolour with some pastel on Khardi paper. Have a Happy Christmas and New Year.

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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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