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The Valley
I half painted this picture, which I am calling “The Valley.” It was an exercise I undertook with the grandchildren to try and avoid the dreaded screen-time, and their paintings – even the two-year-old’s – were far better than mine. So I cheated: I photographed the pre-primitive “Art Brut” and set to work with some Photoshop filters. The result will see out March, if nothing else.
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Forever Gaumont
To me, it is, and has always been, the Gaumont Cinema. It’s had other names and been other things, but even today I would probably still refer to it as the Gaumont.…
A Pint, A Course And A Castle
I will always have fond memories of Wentworth Castle near Barnsley, back in the 1980s when Northern College was first established there under the legendary Michael Barratt Brown. Many are the conferences…
The Light Of Day
This is a photograph of mine from the late 1970s of St Peter’s Square in Manchester. It dates back to the period when limitations on time and money meant that…
Tram Shelter On Broadway
Back in the first decade of the twentieth century, picture postcards were the Facebook Posts of their day, and an almost endless supply of images was created so they could…
Halifax From The Hill
I spend far too many hours messing around with Photoshop filters, but it keeps me out of mischief, and occasionally I come up with something that has added value as…
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