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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

Oh dear what an Apple Fan Boy I’m becoming

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Guthlac

Those of you who know me will know how sniffy I’ve been about Apple and their loyal legons of fans – in fact this blog is peppered with my views on this matter. However, yesterday evening I found myself watching … Continue reading →

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The Royal Academy Summer Show and other things

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Guthlac

So I’ve now seen my first summer show at the Royal Academy (RA) and I’ve come away with the sense of being underwhelmed. It is not that the art on display was disappointing but rather that the show itself was … Continue reading →

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Inspirational Examples Of Tattoo Art Designs

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Guthlac

The more tattoo art I see the more I realise that tattoo artists are some of the bravest arrest out there…no eraser available or reprint! Inspirational Examples Of Tattoo Art Designs http://www.bloggs74.com/artwork/tattoo-artwork-designs/ — Sent from Zite, available for free in … Continue reading →

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Going back to square one or a funny thing happened in the Apple Store

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Guthlac

Over the past few weeks I’ve been playing around with the settings on the KitCam app on my iPhone. Instead of using the post production facilities with the app I decided to set the app up to apply the effects … Continue reading →

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English Rose

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Guthlac

What a pleasure it always is when the first rose of the season opens. It always seem that summer has finally arrives, even though today is a little cooler than yesterday. Over the past year or so we’ve planted a … Continue reading →

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Collateral damage: why US drone operators risk PTSD

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Guthlac

Collateral damage: why US drone operators risk PTSD http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/collateral-damage-drone-operators-risk-ptsd/4998 — Sent from Zite, available for free in the App Store. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Loosing my way

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Guthlac

Well I’ve been working on this painting this morning and I really feel I’m starting to loose my way with it. The idea was to see whether I could use the iPad and Brushes as a ‘serious’ art media and … Continue reading →

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Trying something a little different

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Guthlac

Now this is far from finished and I’m not entirely sure I’m going in the right direction but here is a painting I’m trying to make using the iPad. I’m really unsure about this…isn’t this when profound break throughs are … Continue reading →

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Scale

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Guthlac

Some more images of the Big Hole at Croft. The screen grab from Google Earth shows where the image was taken from. The whole itself is around 1km across and probably at least 200 metres deep. Now I know there … Continue reading →

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On top of the world

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Guthlac

What a beautiful morning it has been, in fact the week looks set fair so this morning I went out and conquered the local mountain – Croft Hill. This makes it sound like a great achievement and I suppose on … Continue reading →

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