USS Washington in Ontario Basin

Who you lookin' at?

Ruddy Sympetrum

Dunham Park, Cheshire

21st October 2007

You really need to click on this picture to see the magnificence of this insect.

Strangers on the shore

St Ives, Cornwall, 3.00pm, Thursday, 11th October 2007.
No idea who they are!

Cornish Watercolour 7

Cornish Watercolour 6

Cornish Watercolour 5

Cornish Watercolour 4

Cornish Watercolour and Charcoal 3

Cornish Watercolour 2

Cornish Watercolour 1

The tide was out,

The boats were stuck.

Could we move them?

Could we 'eck!

1974 Che

Manx Hatter Light Charcoal

1974 Pencil

1974 Charcoal

Composite Claustros

Dejeuner sur Pickering Park

Elephant escapes in Timperley

Someone left the gate, of the emergency containment area in Timperley, open.

Clara, a three year old African elephant, smelt freedom and the call of the circus and within minutes she had snapped her shackles and was off out of the gate and down Ash Grove.

A spokesperson for TEC (Timperley Elephant Control) apologised for the unfortunate incident, but added that next year's Timperley Early Rhubarb crop might be the beneficiary of some hastily collected droppings in Clara's wake. She was very excited!

The language of beer

Lo bevo quindi sono - Ich trinke folglich mich bin - Me bebo por lo tanto estoy - Ik drink daarom ik ben - Je me bois donc suis - Jag dricker därför I-förmiddag - Eu bebo-me conseqüentemente sou - I drink therefore I am.

Claustros IX

The ninth and final chapter of a visual allegorical poem

Last Orders

Possibly something to do with only one pint, her upstairs and hemlock - can't quite work out the caption.

Timperley Baths

Claustros VIII

Chapter 8 (of 9) of a Visual Allegorical Poem

The Wehrmacht Trooper

Timperley Tiger

One can just see the green man on the traffic light, giving pedestrians the right of way, but this tank driver has other ideas as he turns right into Thorley Lane.

Bismarck on the Bridgewater Canal in Timperley

Messerschmidt (ME 109) over Timperley

Moss Trooper pub and car park clearly visible in top right corner, below wing tip.

Epitaph - King Crimson

Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh.
But I fear tomorrow Ill be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow Ill be crying.

Epitaph

In the Court of the Crimson King

King Crimson (1969)

Was this the album that launched "Progressive Rock" ?

I recreated this album cover on my bedroom wall in the 70s about 3 foot square

Elephant Control

Timperley Elephant Control

Emergency Containment Pod

We're here to keep the streets of Timperley elephant free - just when did you last see an elephant on these streets?

Godzilla at the Moss

Timperley Paranormal

Check out the labels Strange and Paranormal to discover what's decidedly "odd" in Timperley.

Claustros VII

Chapter 7 (of 9) of a Visual Allegorical Poem

Super Result Today

Liverpool 0 v. Manchester United 1

Three Pints Please

52 - 74 - 04

Claustros VI

Chapter Six (of Nine) of a Visual Allegorical Poem.

From an original oil on canvas aprrox 500 x 500 mm, ca 1974

Lounge #5

The fifth of four lounge designs [2006]. Acrylic on canvas 460 x 460 mm

Claustros V

Chapter 5 (of 9) of a Visual Allegorical Poem. This is a recreation of the original painting dome in 1974.

fú

fú (mandarin) - good fortune, blessing, happiness

Claustros IV

Chapter four (of nine) of a visual allegorical poem

Lounge # 4

Acrylic on canvass, 460 x 460 mm (one of four "lounge" designs, 2006)

Claustros III

Chapter Three (of Nine) of a Visual Allegorical Poem

Lounge # 3

Acrylic on canvass, 460 x 460 mm (one of four "lounge" designs, 2006)

Claustros II

Chapter Two (of Nine) of an allegorical visual poem

Lounge # 2

Acrylic on canvas, 460 x 460 mm (one of four "lounge" designs, 2006)

Claustros

Claustros is an allegorical visual poem in nine chapters. All nine chapters will eventually be published here.

Claustros started life in the 1970s as a single painting (oil on stretched newspaper, aprrox 600 x 600 mm), which I sold for about £10. The original painting is recreated as Claustros V.
A second painting was commissioned and produced (which is recreated as VI) - similar size, similar price and the idea for a trilogy was born; however I don't think that the third painting was ever created.
As the idea for the trilogy emerged, so did the concept of a poem (which was written, though sadly lost to time) which evolved firstly into a tetrology, then up to six or seven chapters (I think).

This modern rework attempts to recreate the vision of those earlier thoughts, but alas may be subject to the vagaries of time and fading memory.

Claustros I

Chapter One (of Nine) of an allegorical visual poem.

Tips for men over 60

Heard on TV last night (Billy Connolly repeat somewhere). three tips for men over sixty:-

1. Never pass up the opportunity for a piss.
2. Never trust a fart.
3. If you get an erection, use it; even if you're on your own.

Logo 2007

A variation of the old logo in two differnet coloured versions

Don't understand why they never appear on the blog as they do in preview. The intention is that they sit side by side with the text underneath.

Lounge # 1

Acrylic on canvas, 460 x 460 mm. One of four "lounge" designs (2006).