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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

Cat and mouse

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Guthlac

Now it’s now it’s off. The power came back on for a couple minutes then it went off again. I really sympathise with the mouse being toyed with by the malevolent cat. When this end?!! I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchi… Continue reading →

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Engineers on site

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Guthlac

Latest up date is that the engineers are scratching their heads and wondering how to turn the power back on. I do hope they come up with an answer soon otherwise it will a second night without my PTI fix. How will cope ? I’m on line at: http://www.flickr… Continue reading →

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Another Power Cut

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Guthlac

Well it’s nine o clock at night so it must be time for a power cut! The difference this time is that it is very localised to 19 house around me – now if you are paranoid you might think that some was out to get me. Let’s hope things are sorted out… Continue reading →

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Experimenting with abstraction

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Guthlac

After feeling sorry for myself I have started to experiment further with the drawings I made during the power cut. Last week at one of my art classes I had a terrible time with abstraction. This is not because I don’t get abstraction but rather th… Continue reading →

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Power Cut Drawing

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Guthlac

Whilst I was bemoaning my lot during the power cut I made these two drawings by only the light of a camping bulb. I have decided to call these the supply drawings. Looking at these in the light of day I like them as they are just slightly expressi… Continue reading →

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02:25hrs

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Guthlac

The power finally came back on at 02:25. All around parts of the system was restored and perhaps the most frustrating thing was that the road 20 metres away came back on just after midnight. Still everything has been restored so we can get back to… Continue reading →

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Power cut update

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

Well according to the Central Network there 502 customers effected by the power cut which represents 90% of faults on their system. The thing that is so frustrating is that in the near distance there are street lights and house lights on. Grrgh. I… Continue reading →

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Power cut

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

Deep joy we’ve just suffered a power cut! I am reduced to blogging and surfing on the iPhone at 3G speeds. Oh the injustice of it all. I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini.posterous.com http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk I hope … Continue reading →

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Trying to make sense of all these isms

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

The more galleries and art I see the more my head has been befuddled by the different groups, styles and titles, Cubism or post expressionism or pointillism etc ( as you can see I have been looking at at lot of late 19th and early 20th century art… Continue reading →

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The female face

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Guthlac

I’ve been trying to understand the female face over the past few days- this is not some sort of mars and Venus experiment but rather to better understand how to improve my drawings. The problem for me has been trying to draw Nicole Kidman from the… Continue reading →

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