Category Archives: General

This is for posts that have no real specific category, such as Art or Photography

Full Disclosure

Some times when I visit an exhibition I find myself totally stumped as to what exactly I’m supposed to be seeing.  This was the experience I had with the Malcolm Morley show at the Ashmolean in Oxford yesterday.   I … Continue reading

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New Shoes

Time waits for no one…2013 is no longer with us so it is time for me to start thinking about my next yearbook…This is will be my fourth or is it fifth I can’t recall and it is a really … Continue reading

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So I stopped up to the end of the third quarter

It was somewhat spooky to switch on Sky’s Super Bowl coverage to find the exact scene I had described…four men squashed into a small studio/sky box. The only thing that I hadn’t mentioned the patronising attitude of some of the … Continue reading

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To stop up or not? That is the question

Well it is that time of year again…another Super Bowl … I’ve just realised this is my 30th…good old channel 4 all those years ago. In the early days you had to wait, I think, until the following week before … Continue reading

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Take on Me….it’s no place to be safe or sorry

  Well I’ve given up on my battle with my editing process for now.  I have the greatest admiration for those who have to do this, including my son and his fiancee,  but the whole process is just not worth … Continue reading

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Give a little bit more

Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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It’s a livin thing

I love charcoal .. I just enjoy pushing and pulling the material … it feels really alive and the added bonus is that it is nice and messy…you just can’t take the little boy out of me. Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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The way things are going ..

In the studio for the first time in a while and I’m really pleased to be away from all things HTML … Yesterday after feeling sorry for myself I got down and proof read five pages. This doesn’t sound much … Continue reading

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Trapped in a world of my own making…

  For an awful long time I’ve been working on some  research about salt ways in the prehistoric period.  I finally have written up much of the research on my web site – however, I haven’t published it yet as … Continue reading

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Accidents Happen…

I’m in a bit of hands free mode at the moment.   I’m not trying to make things in proportion but rather just try and capture things as I see them – which is something completely different as I always … Continue reading

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