Author Archives: Guthlac

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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

See the old folks….

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Guthlac

  One of the joys(?) of not feeling too well whilst going around an art gallery is that you can just sit and people watch.  This happened to me on Wednesday at Tate Liverpool.   The cold, that I thought I … Continue reading →

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Back to the Ironstone…

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Guthlac

Cold just about banished it was time to once more enter the freezer of the Ironstone benefice – today I was chasing snowdrops.

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Warm Bum…

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Guthlac

  This is going to sound so first world but what the heck.   I have found the perfect pick me up for  cold – heated seats in your car.  This morning I dropped my car off for its service and … Continue reading →

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Well that went well….

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Guthlac

  New week and an old problem has reappeared – I’ve got another cold.    Cold, of course, is a coverall for some form of viral nastiness that is doing the rounds and if you saw a doctor about such … Continue reading →

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Damaged…

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Guthlac

When I started to paint this simple sketch this morning I never intended for the woman to look so unhappy – yet here we are a gaze of a life destroyed or lacking any chance of redemption.   Just what has … Continue reading →

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Against the wind…

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Guthlac

Beautiful light, Bitter wind.   What better way to test the capabilities of my new camera on my new phone.  I have to say overall I am very impressed with Apple’s ability to make a very well exposed JPEG.  The image … Continue reading →

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A time to guess which Bluth is which…

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Guthlac

Last night I started watching the latest season of Arrested Development (Better late than never?).   Anyway as I was watching the programme I started to get the feeling that this was perhaps the most insightful thing written about the current … Continue reading →

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Just when will the sun shine again?

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Guthlac

January is in many ways the worst month of the winter.   We have had all the head excitement of the Christmas period to help us through the shortest days.  Now we have nothing to help lighten the the grey heavy … Continue reading →

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Old dog new tricks…

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Guthlac

If it is Monday then it must be time for my latest art class and I was genuinely surprised, no that makes me sound arrogant,  but certainly informed.  Not by the class itself but the discussion about art history.  It … Continue reading →

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Hibernation

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Guthlac

Still got a bit of a Diego Velázquez vibe going on at the moment…only just a little though.   Mid January is a real bummer.   All around where I live there are storms, blizzards and frosts yet here we seem to get … Continue reading →

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