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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

Coining a new word

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Guthlac

Some of you are already aware but my son recently passed his viva to become a Doctor, not a medical Doctor but a real Doctor. I was at an exhibition opening yesterday when I was talking to the artist Robert … Continue reading →

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Hugh Laurie for the new Doctor

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Guthlac

I know it is a bit of type casting, well his father was a doctor, and anyone outside of Britain well always think of Laurie as a Doctor anyway – House was never shown on terrestrial TV so he is … Continue reading →

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Copyright Removal by Facebook

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Guthlac

Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed that paintings I’ve posted to Facebook have had the copyright warning removed. I’ve not changed anything in the way that they are posted to to Facebook so one can only assume … Continue reading →

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Enough Fu’s for a while

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Guthlac

I think I’m all FU’d out. Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Is this really painting

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Guthlac

Just were does digital painting fit into the artistic endeavours? I have asked before in this blog whether it is art and of course the answer to that is yes. However, is it painting or something else? I guess to … Continue reading →

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Original FU

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Guthlac

I guess it was only natural that I would move onto the original FU – Francis Urquhart…I wonder how this will turn out? Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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What the scandal of the Doncaster Belles tells us about modern football

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Guthlac

What the scandal of the Doncaster Belles tells us about modern football http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2013/05/what-scandal-doncaster-belles-tells-us-about-modern-football — Sent from Zite, available for free in the App Store. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Enough FU for one night

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Guthlac

I need to think the next steps I need to take with this portrait…perhaps some sleep might help. Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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FU Part 2

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Guthlac

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Oh FU

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Guthlac

After spending the best part of week working on a document for my historical research it is nice to get back to some art work. As you may have noticed over the past few days I’ve watched the American House … Continue reading →

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