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No blog for sometime due to messing on falsebook .

The Owl carving in progress

 

 

 

 

 

Sunrise

 

A4 collage monoprint of OZ wildlife

Two birds and two mammals feature in this print made out of four superimposed individual paintings,also featured are  the Gascoyne river and "gum " trees.

South african atrocity

South African police have opened fire on striking miners this blatant atrocity against working people should be condemned by the rest of the world.

Clifton Park Rotherham Museum and Art Gallery

 

My exhibition of prints and paintings in the cafe at the gallery is extended at the request of the curator of the show till the end of summer 2012 above are a couple of the type of work on display, have a trip to Australia with your cup of coffee without leaving the UK,surely an offer you can't refuse?

Lincolnshire pastorals

 

 

 

Three versions of wheat harvesting and one of Rape Seed fields in flower.

All things must end

The much vaunted closing ceremony at a recent athletics event featured the spice girls and a glimpse of posh politicians and the windsor parasites jigging in the aisles there can be no better reason to decamp  to bed,after months of this hyperbole finally comes to an end.
It's enough to drive one into the self indulgence of the art world for sheer solace and to escape the feelings of jealousy over the unlimited riches these competitors  seem destined to rake in from their efforts, and all for a bit of rowing,biking ,running and jumping etc.. pretty much like the high paid minority of footballers plying their trade in our country,the real majority of players are in the lower leagues and are paid much more realistic wages and give far greater effort.

Clive James, Me,and the middle east

I seem to be in good company when I described the BBC olympic coverage as HYPERBOLE the critic Clive James is of the same opinion writing in todays Daily Telegraph, in fact the coverage may have led to a new phrase SUPER HYPERBOLE or excess as it used to be known.
After tomorrow we may have retained a true sense of priorities and actually cover other news stories such as Egypt,and the Syria conflict in which we now are told the British government has sided with the "rebels" and is giving them Five million quid however they tell us" It's not for spending on arms??" How will they know? and then they let slip that there are jihadists among this group who are getting cash from a government that is allegedly skint and can't provide money for health care for the elderly,there seems to be a hidden agenda here.

Sunset on the Gascoyne River

Acrylic on 7x5 inch canvas,'Sunset on a Gascoyne River billabong'

Do I need this brush to paint on falsebook

My adviser suggested we utilise falsebook as a way of introducing my genius to  a wider audience I brought a fairly large brush and some paint on a palette only to be informed they were not required as its all done by guesswork (well this seems to be my first impression anyway) I think maybe a certain IT expert of my aquaintance may be opted onto the  management of this voyage into unknown territory to retrieve the situation .

Not the face of the Australian olympic team

Acrylic paint on 7x5inch canvas

Sheila's birthday today

Sheila was opening her birthday cards this morning and I was a little disconcerted when she asked me"How old am I?"after we had worked out the answer  on our mutual fingers she then turned down the offer of a no expense spared  meal at chip alley in Skegness,so along with our pet hen "Survivor" we will celebrate as a triumvirate at the little house on the prairie.

Ozzie Olympics,hop skip and jump race

Acrylic on 8x8inch canvas

Outback Olympics

Two Emus going for gold!Acrylic on 7x5inch canvas.

BBC Olympics

BBC olympics coverage Australian translation:  HYPERBOLE English=BULLSHIT Australian.

Two to Tango

South America is looking attractive as a winter venue,in particular Brasilia where it will be summer in our winter,just need to sell some pictures now to help fund the trip!

The Great "Outback"Escape

Today I am escaping to our version of the outback, working on a farm where no Television Olympic Hyperbole will disturb the peace and quiet.
Update, I am back from the Lincolshire outback job done and the Hyperbole is still going on,perhaps the australian outback would be a good place to escape it.

ooroo nocturne

 

ooroo

 

Boring Olympics

Most sport is for shallow minded individuals who need something to occupy them when not working at earning a living and the Olympic coverage on BBC tv has now become a mecca for them,sadly alternative viewing for otherwise interested people is at a low level.

Imagine

To appreciate the creation of a work of art like the Olympic opening ceremony it helps to place yourself in the position of the artist in this case Danny Boyle,imagine the task facing you as a blank piece of paper or a blank canvas and then write or paint your idea.

Olympic ceremony

The first half of the opening ceremony was  creative magic,after that it degenerated into a west end musical,  and could have done with Frankie Boyle to lift it a little,though that Betty Windsor's "smile" made up for a lot,it must have been James Bond shoving her out of the helicopter that upset her.
On an artistic note I think the only two countries capable of this high level of artistic creativity are England and Italy,(remember Fellini?)and the country least likely to appreciate it is the USA which in international terms is totally insular and unaware of cultural and political differences though there are a small number of US residents who need to decide which nationality they are, there is talk of' "us" when they are no longer one of us and have adopted the money grubbing attitude of their new nation which places individual wealth before community health,though no doubt they would use our excellent free health care which the English Artist  Danny Boyle spotlighted  in his opening ceremony work of art,should they be unfortunate enough  to have need of it while visiting our green and pleasant land and averting their gaze from the smoking chimneys and pitheads.

The corrugated look is popular in West Australia

The corrugated look as opposed to $1800 wallpaper is the in thing in West Australia and a snip  at $3 per 8x4 ft sheet the matching West Australian rustic blokes are extra.

Too late

Seems I am too late with my offer of free labour,Sam the pom has paid $180 (£90) a roll for wallpaper it's now official ,  he has more money than sense,and think of all the moisture absorbing qualities of paper in a humid tropical climate! these youngsters just will not listen to advice from know it all old codgers.

Rip off

I never had Sam the pom down as a 'more money than sense' type of bloke,$180 for a roll of wallpaper is ridiculous,I will go over and paint him the design on if he buys the paint, I can't stand to see people ripped off,it would be cheaper to paint a Rolf Harris type mural in fact. Graham ,who is the man who can.

Mining

British coal were fined yesterday for negligence which caused the death of one miner at Kellingley Colliery and possibly another one which is I think sub judice ,a result of the privatisation of the pits safety comes second to profits.

Nelson Mandela tribute

It's the birthday of two great men today

Happy birthday Born 18th July 1941

In jovial mood

Happy birthday to me born 18th July 1941

Hard to believe the young chap shown in the photo is me I look in good shape for my age,this was me in  jovial mood on an Italian  vessel off the Adriatic coastal town of Gabbice Mare,accompanied by my dear wife Sheila and our Italophile companions on many a visit the Burgin brothers William and Charles.

More news on this bloke tomorrow 18th July

 

What summer should look like

A real summer in Western Australia near Gascoyne Junction.....

Brave miners at Orgreave in the 1980's

The Spanish miners are being treated in the same way as our lads were under Thatcher, they need the same  support they gave our miners which was of some magnitude. It's amazing how so called former colleagues of Arthur Scargill are now willing to vilify him in not very subtle ways, this is the way of the self seeking enemies of working people and if it comes to standing up and being counted I'm still with Arthur, a leader whose role was honourable during this tough battle, and not with these false friends.

Wish I was there now

Western Australia in summer