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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

A Town Called…Art in the new Normal…

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Guthlac

  My first real experience of art in the new normal – I know the other day I visited the Hepworth but that was really low key compared to the full blown sensory experience of being amongst a lot of … Continue reading →

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Scottish Independence….

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Guthlac

Is it really 6 years already?  Seems like a generation ago. (Very poor joke – I apologize)   Anyway, as things stand at the moment it would seem that the SNP will get a solid majority in next year’s Holyrood elections … Continue reading →

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Variations upon a theme….

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Guthlac

  As I was doing my best curmudgeon impression the other day about the sins of the hybrid camera I thought I would remaster these three images from a time when the word hybrid was hardly ever used in everyday … Continue reading →

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Music to enjoy my photographs with….

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Guthlac

Pretentious  moi?   Well I guess we’re all have at least a little bit floating around inside our personality.  Anyway, I have found at the moment listening to Beethoven’s no 6 symphony does the trick.  Hardly original I know but it … Continue reading →

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I’m not a hybrid shooter…

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Guthlac

  There was a time not too long ago when photographers & videographers inhabited different worlds.  They used different cameras and spoke a different language.   Then the mirrorless revolution started and the boundaries blurred.   Today, it would appear that all … Continue reading →

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Tales from the River Bank No. 2…..

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Guthlac

  Apparently it is going to be the hottest day of the year today and I would believe it as walking through the mist this morning was feeling a lot warmer than many days have recently at mid afternoon.  Whilst … Continue reading →

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Tales From the River Bank…

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Guthlac

  Sometimes even if the light is really not that good you just have to try your best to get something…as well as get a bit sunburnt!

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Rekindling….

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Guthlac

  Over the past week or so I’ve been finding the whole Dovid thing a bit too much.  Try as I might I just couldn’t find the energy to get out and make some photographs.   Well the best remedy I … Continue reading →

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Sister Knight….

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Guthlac

When you buy the first season the Watchmen TV series you also get a series of 2 minute promo/Featurettes.  One of these is of Dave Gibbons drawing Sister Night.  Right at the end Gibbons says ‘…this is my Sister Night…’  … Continue reading →

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I’m one with the Wind and Sky….

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Guthlac

It is always difficult to tell where things will take you halfway through a project…it is rather exciting as well as terrifying.  The only consolation, if that is the right word, is that as this is a digital painting I … Continue reading →

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