Monthly Archives: January 2013

Well I’m still working on the Duchess of Cambridge portraits and I’m not sure about this so far – however I’ve taken it as far as I can today – need to sleep on it. Anyway, I’ve been reading some of the really bitchy reviews of the official portra… Continue reading →

Well I seem to be trying to paint icons at the moment. This portrait was inspired by the lukewarm reception for the first official portrait of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus – just how hard would it… Continue reading →

As there seems to be a bit of controversy over the new official portrait of the Countess of Strathearn I thought I’d have a go and see what I could produce. Here is just a sample of what I have produced so farSimon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonma… Continue reading →

Well that is enough of Batman, for a while at least – I suspect there is more to come from that source. No this time I’m looking at creating a painting of possibly the biggest icon of the modern era. I wonder how this is going to turn out?Simon Ma… Continue reading →

Well I have started to develop the final and most important character of the painting – Batman. This is based on the underpainting I do for all my paintings – it looked so good that I thought I should keep a copy.Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.sim… Continue reading →

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I have started on what is my most ambitious painting, a Dark Knight Rises montage of the three main characters, Batman, Cat woman and Bain. The biggest problem I am facing is how to make it unique rather than a pastiche of the PR shots for the fil… Continue reading →

Well it has been 24 hours and I have recovered from my day at Peterborough. That makes it sound like the place is some staging post on the road to hell which it certainly isn’t, in fact it really is quite a pleasant medium sized county town with a… Continue reading →

Getting a new passport quickly means you have to spend four hours killing time at Peterborough. Still not long now before we can get the passport…I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.posterous.com http://www.simonmarchini…. Continue reading →

Killing time at Peterborough Museum – came across these dressing up cloths and this reminded me if how my friend David loves to dress up – see previous photosI’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.posterous.com http://www.simo… Continue reading →