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I got completely absorbed in making this Blog nearly twenty years ago. It was full of paintings, writing, charcoal drawings and small animations. Then life took over. Finding it again and beginning it again has made me feel unexpectedly young and excited.

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Tooth Tattoo

Oil on canvas 8″x10″. I was wondering what sort of things people would tattoo on their teeth if it was possible. I would have "I want a chocolate cookie NOW" written on mine. Or maybe I would have "I'm sad" just to confuse people when I am happy and smiling. H

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Shopping centre is busy.

I saw this guy standing talking to the sales man at the BT broadband stand in the shopping centre. He had a keen ear for what was being said. Perhaps he's fed up with being on the phone complaining about his package with another service provider or perhaps he

Writing?

Shower Gel

Oil on canvas 8″x10″ Yeah I didn't really think this one through too much as I thought it might spoil my fun. You know how they say your body is 70% water(is it more ?) and the water in your body completely replaces itself after 6 weeks? Well when I painted th

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Chief Albatross

Oil on canvas 8″x10″ Warning: This passage contains some excruciatingly painful puns. Craig Tangley, the chief executive of camera retailer Jessys, became the latest director to quit the struggling company after releasing a video of himself on You Tube reveali

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Durga

This is Durga a Hindu Goddess. I apologise if I have not painted the right number of arms.(I read somewhere she has 10). A well as being the wife of Shiva and raising four kids (Karttikeya, Ganesh, Saraswati, and Lakshmi) she also had a stunning career slaying

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Durga's Distant Cousin

This is not Durga the Hindu Goddess it is a Goddess that I made up but I really do like Durga a lot. A well as being the wife of Shiva and raising four kids (Karttikeya, Ganesh, Saraswati, and Lakshmi) Durga also had a stunning career slaying demons, and that

Writing?Life?

Aggi Aye-Aye.

Oil on canvas 8″ x 10″. This is a hybrid of Philip Aggee the late former CIA agent and the new aye-aye born in Bristol zoo. Philip Agee and the aye-aye have something in common in that they both have been persecuted. Philip Agee had to leave his native USA as

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Elf Keeper

Oil on canvas 8″ x 10″ Infosists, the giant Indian outsourcing firm is now innovating a scheme that will mean call centres being run by elves. Infosists have spent $1 billion dollars this year recruiting elves from Eastern Europe, Mexico and China to study in

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Belly Header

Oil on canvas 8″ x 10″. <!--When I was a kid if you had tatoo's on your arm it meant on thing and one thing only. It mean that there was a fair to reasonable chance that you are quite hard and its probably best not to mess with you as you spend a lot of time s

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Wind Tunnel

Oil on canvas 8″ x 10″ It has been a tough few years for long haul airlines, with ongoing chaos at Heathrow, the delay over the launch of the new A380 Airbus, and last but not least climate change protests. Soon all this could change with the development of a

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Telerugby

Oil on canvas 8″x10″ "The growth in the mobile phone industry in the last 10 years has been very dramatic. There has been a steady development in technology, which we find crammed into our mobiles. However, in a bid to combat the recent slump in mobile sales,

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Mighty Mink Man

Oil on canvas. 8″x10″. A few months ago nearly 17,000 minks escaped captivity from a mink farm in Stendal, Germany, located 55 miles west of Berlin. The furry insurgence was co-ordinated by the mighty mink man(now in hiding). They headed for the woods. Mighty

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Auntie Shirley's Safari

Simon Green and me made THIS ANIMATION a couple of years ago when we were trying to get on that Rolph Harris' celebrity portraits T.V. program. It's only 30 seconds long but we worked round the clock on it for about 2 or 3 days. We wrote a really groveling let

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Auntie Shirley's Safari

Simon Green and me made THIS ANIMATION a couple of years ago when we were trying to get on that Rolf Harris celebrity portraits T.V. program. It's only 30 seconds long but we worked round the clock on it for about 2 or 3 days. We wrote a really grovelling lett

Writing?Life?

Young Meet

This painting is based on two separate photos from two separate articles. One was about two young men that were hung for being gay in Iran. The other was a about Beef cattle being slaughtered as calves before they have had a chance to have a life. I did it bec

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Dinner Digger

Oil on canvas 8″ x 10 " I've got a book full of interviews with some old miners in South Yorkshire talking about their lives down the pit. Its a really good read and there is a CD to go with it aswell. Ill get the exact title and post it here sometime. There w

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Dentistski

Oil on canvas 8″ x 10″. People will get excited about the thought of sliding down a mountain at 60 mph or jumping out of an aeroplane at 3000 metres. Yet it is a fact that the very same species that coil up in dread at the thought of visiting the dentist. Are

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Mr Potato Dead

Oil on canvas 10″x 8″ I read this article from 15th December 2007 about how there does'nt seem to be many soldiers on the streets but they stay in control by creating an atmosphere of fear where everyone is convinced they are being spied on everywhere they go

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Husky Shoes

Oil on canvas. 8″x10″. I gave this Husky Human shoes and hands because I thought it might look interesting. If you are looking for an exotic new pastime, I got this picture from an article on UK Husky sledding in UK. Its looks really good. if i had more money

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Save me the last dance

Oil on canvas 8″ x 10″ The title of the painting is taken from the song title "Save the Last Dance for Me" . The song is by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It first recorded in 1960 by Ben E. King and The Drifters, who took it to #1 on the U.S. pop charts, the grou

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Stethoscope Girl

Oil on canvas 8″ x 10″ There is a bit of a movie theme going on with this one. The image of the girl in the swim suit is done with reference to a film still from Atonement, staring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. The film is adapted from the Ian McEwan novel

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Hylonme the Dinner Lady

Oil on canvas 8″x10″. I like the title 'dinner lady' because it implies that she is a lady and that she has an undefined role in the ritual we call dinner. She could be assisting during dinner, eating dinner or even be eaten for dinner. I found a really good l

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