Monthly Archives: February 2015

Project LV One – Day 298 – Ernst Haas

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Guthlac

I cannot say I know a great deal about Ernst Haas other than a book of his photographs had a great influence back on me in the 1970’s. (I have just discovered that the book was called The Creation and … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 297 – In defence of Jack Vettriano

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Guthlac

Tate Britain is the national gallery of British art from 1500 to the present day If Wikipedia is correct, a question you should always ask about any entry in that wonderful collection of human history and nonsense,  then why hasn’t … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 296 – Lazyness

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Guthlac

Sometimes I just go through the motions because I am just too lazy to do anything else.  This watercolour is a case in point.  I sketched it out in one room and painted it in another from memory because I … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 295 – When the money runs out what are you left with?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Guthlac

You have to wonder at the PR machine behind 50 shades of grey.  I have not seen the movie and have no real inclination to do so but just remember:  When the young woman starring the movie gets to forty … Continue reading →

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Project LV ONe – Day 294 – Bloody be thy end…

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Guthlac

Sometimes out of the corner of one’s eye you capture some strange things.  Half seen items suddenly become fully formed by your imagination and then take a life of their own.  So it is with ‘Bloody be thy end’.   … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 276 to Day 291

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Guthlac

Holiday snap shots…how very interesting.   The sarcasm of the statement drips through me with a dread.  Actually having looked at what I have posted I have come to realise what they actually say is what a jumble my mind … Continue reading →

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I have no idea what it is like to be rich

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Guthlac

Many years ago I realised that I had no real idea how to become rich. I had great ideas but no earthly understanding of how to turn those into money making schemes. Like many I wondered what it was like … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 293 – I hate jet lag

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Guthlac

There was a time when I could shake off jet lag in a day and feel myself again…I fear those days are long gone as I feel like shit.   It hasn’t helped that I have been trying to catch … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 292 – Yes I’m back

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Guthlac

So normal service is now resumed.  After sunning myself in Florida I am back to to grey but not particularly cold Britain. The more astute of you might notice that I am missing 17 days of images from my year … Continue reading →

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From a distance things still don’t make any sense

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Guthlac

Over the past two weeks I have read many things about how Britain is no longer a major power. Apparently we are no longer punching above our weight, in fact we now talk loudly but carry only a very small … Continue reading →

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