Category Archives: General

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

Project LV One – Day 214 – Damp

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Guthlac

The damp and cold winter is just around the corner now – can’t wait for spring to poke it’s head above the ground in the form of daffodils – wishing my life away I think.  

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Alex Salmon for PM

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Guthlac

Another day, another example of just how weak kneed most politicians are. Having to face up to the fact that their world is coming to an end our great and good appear to have no idea how to deal with … Continue reading →

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Variations on a theme

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the artists I find fascinating at the moment is Malcolm T Liepke – an American artists from Minnesota (according to Wiki).  Now I doubt Liepke is going to trouble the art historians of the future as he is … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 197 – It’s Rainin’ it’s pouring

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Guthlac

It is only three days ago and yet already it seems a life away.  Ever since Wednesday it has rained on and off and as I write this another wave of drizzle is blowing in.  Tomorrow is looking better but … Continue reading →

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Some observations about Yosemite Sam or OS X 10.10

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Guthlac

Well I’ve been running OS X 10.10 (Much prefer this to the naff – in my opinion – practice of calling upgrades by a name) and it is getting more and more annoying.  As with the way of these things … Continue reading →

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Let me tell you a story about a sausage

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Guthlac

If you ever wanted to know how the British Government works There is a wonderful series of comedy programmes made by the BBC called Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.  Whilst they were made in the late 1970’s and early … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 176 – Some Frames

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Guthlac

Busy busy afternoon – the new frames arrived so out with the varnish and get the paintings framed – really quite satisfying.

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Sometimes I really do dispair

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Guthlac

So we have just over 6 months to go to the next election and already I feel a well of blackness consuming me. We have a set of politicians who, lets not be too blunt about this, are useless. It … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 174 – Old man take a look at my life…

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Guthlac

All curves are straight lines I believe when they are examined at extreme levels – I could be wrong.  Anyway, the reason I mentioned this is because I made this drawing this morning trying to us only straight lines.  I … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 169 – Internal Contradictions

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Guthlac

I have learnt the hard way that there reaches a point in the life of any painting that the internal contradictions are greater than the paintings ability to recover.  When this point is reached then there is only one thing … Continue reading →

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