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Posted on December 6, 2015 by Guthlac

With apologies to the late George Bellows

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We’re ashes on the ground…don’t say I’ll walk away

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Guthlac

I guess it was only matter of time before I came around to one of the best photo’s ever taken – Neil Leifer’s Clay v Liston – comic book chic…  

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Through these fields of destruction… I’ve witnessed all your suffering

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Guthlac

In life’s great game some days you on top and other days life steam rolls you.  Yesterday was one of the later days – nothing like as bad as I’ve had but bad enough to make me an exhibition opening … Continue reading →

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When you actually go in the ring, it’s a very lonely and scary place. It’s just you and the other guy….

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Guthlac

I seem to be drifting to a very simplified approach to the the Boxing idea.  I suppose in truth I hadn’t  really got any plans other than try and move away from portraiture …and in this I think I’m succeeding … Continue reading →

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The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Guthlac

   

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Death on the dance floor

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Guthlac

A sketch/playing with ideas based on a George Bellows print.  

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…nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring…

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Guthlac

“…nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring…” Sugar Ray Leonard    

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Continuing the Boxer Vibe

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Guthlac

At the moment I seem to be moving away from trying to make likenesses to some far more powerful imagery.   I have always been influenced by the boxing photography of the early part of the 20th century – I … Continue reading →

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I am just a poor boy

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Guthlac

I’ve got this Boxing vibe going on at the moment.  I have no idea where I got it from as I find the sport pointless.  However, there is nobility in the defeated man, or woman, still try to stand when … Continue reading →

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