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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

Project LV One – Day 175 – The wee small hours

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Guthlac

For reasons beyond this blog I was up late into the night and so to pass the time of day I started rummaging around Pinterest and there I came across Steve Huston.  Now his art is very forceful and probably … Continue reading →

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Sometimes I really do dispair

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Guthlac

So we have just over 6 months to go to the next election and already I feel a well of blackness consuming me. We have a set of politicians who, lets not be too blunt about this, are useless. It … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 174 – Old man take a look at my life…

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Guthlac

All curves are straight lines I believe when they are examined at extreme levels – I could be wrong.  Anyway, the reason I mentioned this is because I made this drawing this morning trying to us only straight lines.  I … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 173 – Ink Doodles

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Guthlac

I find sitting down and making images from what I might see on whatever screen I might be watching at the time very relaxing.  There are no doubt many purests that might think that this is not real art or … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – 172 – Still Life

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Guthlac

I hate still life.  There I’ve said it but I’m afraid it is true.  I find making a still life drawing very hard and in the end soul destroying.  I’m not a huge fan of still life paintings either – … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 171 – Presenting Mr and Mrs Grey

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Guthlac

Over the past few weeks I have been working on a Grey project.  It has been a fascinating project that has really got me to think about painting seriously.  I have no idea where these paintings will stand in my … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 170 – Over Ambitious

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the many walls that I am hitting as I start this painting odyssey is being far too ambitious.  For years I have been able to create really moody images using photography and photoshop.  So naturally I’m attracted to such … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 169 – Internal Contradictions

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Guthlac

I have learnt the hard way that there reaches a point in the life of any painting that the internal contradictions are greater than the paintings ability to recover.  When this point is reached then there is only one thing … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 168 – Apple Strudel – WARNING contains a drawing showing nipples

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Guthlac

I’m in a bit of a Germanic mood at the moment.  This has been encouraged by my recent visit to the latest version of Germany – there have been many.  Whilst there I bought a book on Gustav Klimt which … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 167 – Old Grey Man

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Guthlac

Forms are being completed, interviews booked – oh the joys of getting your name back on the system with the right documentation! Still it is my fault so I have no one else to blame but myself. As a means … Continue reading →

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