Author Archives: Guthlac

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About Guthlac

An artist, historian and middle aged man who'se aim in life is to try and enjoy as much of it as he can

I am what I am

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Guthlac

Yesterday I said that I because I was using the Apple Pencil my real world drawing was taking a back seat.  This morning I thought I would make a couple of drawings to try and start to rectify this, if … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn is the New Prime MInister – you should never say never….

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Guthlac

So the election in the Labour party is over and Jeremy Corbyn has been reelected with a larger majority.   He has now put the Labour party onto an election footing with an expectation of a new election sometime in … Continue reading →

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Castles in the air – life with the Apple Pencil

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Guthlac

Six months can be a life time or just an instance.   In geological terms such lengths of time aren’t even considered other than volcanic eruptions (even this is a way too simple approach).   In Apple terms it is half … Continue reading →

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White horses let me ride away

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Guthlac

Distorted anatomy …

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Can the Cannot?

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Guthlac

So we are now in a post post Corbyn era.  The Labour party has overwhelmingly supported Jeremy Corbyn as their leader and good luck to them.   Their narrative is that he represents a better way to run the country … Continue reading →

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Yeah Baby she’s got it….

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Guthlac

A couple more images from the recent Liverpool trip – these were reworked in Photoshop after I made an initial stab within the iPhone – a really bad idea:   the screen is far too small and the light conditions … Continue reading →

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Life among the plutocrats

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Guthlac

Out and about working on the Playground of the Midlands project today and I have to say  I captured some of the most uninteresting images I can think of.   This maybe because I was working in areas where some of … Continue reading →

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Feeding on crumbs

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Guthlac

More reflections on our journey through the North West and North Midlands.

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Through the viewfinder

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Guthlac

Having just returned from a couple of days on the road I thought I would have a first stab at some of the images I captured.   Not too shabby.  I am using the viewfinder on my Canon more and … Continue reading →

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Sight for sore eyes….

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Guthlac

Just over a month ago I was bemoaning the fact that I was stranded in the creative doldrums.   If a week is a long time in politics clearly a month is an eternity creating stuff.  Other people can judge … Continue reading →

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