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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

Another Version

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Guthlac

Here’s one I made earlier – this one is more of a likeness I suppose.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Book Published

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Guthlac

A day late but I have now published my latest book. If you wish to view it then go to:http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/2004849/2f1f67de3a042317ae788b1a825fd7f2ac07873f Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.ukBlog: http://simonmarch… Continue reading →

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I ain’t no Einstein

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Guthlac

Over the past few weeks I have become more interested in tone rather than likeness. I have been told many times that the mind creates an image and in many ways the more you leave out the better for the mind. So I have been looking at shapes and to… Continue reading →

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Remembering times past and futures to come

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Guthlac

It is so strange to hear cutting edge programmes from the past discussing the future and realising that no one really has any idea what is going to happen over the long term. I was listening to a podcast from the archive of In Our Time, one of my … Continue reading →

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Baby you’re a rich man

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Guthlac

Having just watched The Social Network again I can’t get ‘Baby you’re a rich man’ by the Beatles out of my head, in fact it is playing at the moment as I am typing this. Anyway, a question for Facebook – why haven’t you developed an ipad app yet? … Continue reading →

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Cartoon Drawing

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Guthlac

I thought I would try to be a little freer with my drawing today so I tried to make a cartoon sketch – it is harder than i thought.Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Untitled – No Hash Mark

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Guthlac

As I came to write this I have discovered that the Apple keyboard doesn’t have a hash mark key. I am sure that there must be a way of creating such a mark but I am not aware of that at the moment . Interesting. The reason why I have called this Un… Continue reading →

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Russian people

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Guthlac

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Keira Knightley

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Guthlac

Over the past few days I have been working on a whole assortment of little projects, preparing a selection of prints for a forth coming exhibition, research into the iron age buying a new pair of shoes – the list goes on and on. One of the things … Continue reading →

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WARNING – The images on this page may well upset you

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Guthlac

I am not sure whether the images will come before the this text or not and so if you find what you see upsetting then I’m sorry. However, it does raise the valid issue of what is an acceptable image – these in my view are very valid on two levels…. Continue reading →

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