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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

Kingswear’s Dart Princess ferry thief

Well if you’re going to take a vehicle you may as well make it worth your while! Kingswear’s Dart Princess ferry thief ‘Jack Sparrow’ jailedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19661144 — Sent from Zite personalized magazine iPad app. Avai… Continue reading

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I am as yet imperfect. But I’m learning

So said the sage of Cupertino Siri…I’ve just updated to iOS 6 and one of the first things I wanted to try out was the much vaunted Siri and it didn’t disappoint. I read somewhere that this is the Microsoft paper lip of the iPad generation and fr… Continue reading

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Who is Marilyn Monroe? Asked the Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy

Who indeed is Marilyn Monroe? I haven’t got the first clue and having examined many images over the past few days I really don’t think no one knows. Undoubtedly there may be a few people still alive who actually did know the woman but they must be… Continue reading

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NPP | National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 | The Australian

Of course it is impossible to say for certain from the Internet but in principle the photographs in the Australian version of the portrait prize are of a higher standard than the British. I wonder why that is? http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/… Continue reading

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Marilyn No – Mad Men….maybe

This was a drawing that really got away from me, which at one point was really annoying then I just went with the flow and just enjoyed creating this Mad Manesque image. Sometimes I think you have to remember that this is supposed to be enjoyable … Continue reading

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The Hounds of Love

Day two of the Monroe exploration and I seem to be going in a totally different direction – a bit more Frank Auerbach (only a bit). Again the question is it a likeness, I am not sure but then again I really don’t know what a likeness of Monroe sho… Continue reading

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This Old US Army Camera Had a 100 inch lens

Now I wonder if this the camera used to capture the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing? This Old US Army Camera Had a 100-Inch Infrared Lens and Required a Spotterhttp://www.petapixel.com/2012/09/14/this-old-us-army-camera-had-a-100-inch-infrared-len… Continue reading

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Classic Monroe

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Windswept Monroe

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Marilyn at 50

Now I know she was only 36 when she died, my god 36 and it is 50 years since she died and yet here she is probably more powerful than she ever was! Anyway as I was drawing this I suddenly realised that this might have been how she might have looke… Continue reading

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