Monthly Archives: February 2017

100 days – we need to talk about Donald

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Guthlac

One Hundred Days…such a catchy number 100.  Not 99 or 101 but 100.   Everything is now broken down to 100 days.  Of course the number is somewhat arbitrary and I believe it is meant to have some reference to … Continue reading →

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Its the way you make me

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Guthlac

I felt like making a drawing this evening…so this is what I came up with…a more productive use of my time than following the crazy performing circus that seems to have taken hold in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  I really cannot … Continue reading →

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Something I’ll never know about…and a couple of Llamas

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Guthlac

There are certain things that we men will never really understand beyond the mechanics and the theory – pregnancy is one of them, in fact, it is the one thing that really defines a male or female.  Please note that … Continue reading →

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Nelly

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Guthlac

I had an urge to draw a baby elephant…so I did. Halo – a bit of pop art

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What happens if there isn’t a European Union to leave?

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Guthlac

Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves… I enjoy singing (poetic licence here I think) this patriotic anthem with the rest of my countrymen and women.   To me it also seems to encapsulate the buchennering free trading utopia that many … Continue reading →

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Searching for the hero

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Guthlac

Each of this images show the problem I am facing at the moment.

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Searching for inspiration…and a camel

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Guthlac

I am in one of those empty periods at the moment when I find myself forcing some drawing out of my reluctant hands.   Since the New Year I have found that my output has almost dried up.  This sense … Continue reading →

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Making the most of dull

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Guthlac

I knew a photographer who apparently liked the flat dull light of a grey day, I can’t say I do.   It makes things so much more difficult.  When I was young I used to devour articles about the wonder … Continue reading →

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Winter is wearing

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Guthlac

Another cold day in east Leicestershire, not cold as in the Russian Steppes cold (although the wind is blowing from that direction).   No this was cold that just seemed to seep slowly but surely through the layers of clothes … Continue reading →

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Through old men’s eyes

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Guthlac

It is a curse of human existence but old men write histories.   Gone are the excesses of youth, the vigor and recklessness.  Instead they are replaced by suspicion. caution and fear.  Great wisdom might sometime sit behind those eyes … Continue reading →

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