tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17654999397821140962024-03-20T08:07:15.174-07:00uBABE Financial peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.comBlogger435125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-76384806292594747942023-10-12T04:21:00.008-07:002023-10-12T13:05:43.562-07:00PALETTE EARTH<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>dark clouds gatherin</b>.. innit!</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwRcaNXm9zYX1l_jrkrETeMHDhLygi6KYQdVSYEUAXo0nmkxPUABzzwORGZWEWUkvvui_LHGRdEv7jzncZKn4sy76B6HbcrMj5LmRUv-X5wH_JxoU_ktFQIwn9sBBNN9OVMSjOXFbK2C2t5N6n9DiSg3if1GJWV35anZiyTa2qoeSJUMZcYxHT8rTnfk/s3648/plate%20sq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="3647" height="400" 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both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">gaza..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ukraine..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">an it don't look good..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><br /> <p></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-68729850526538679792023-09-23T02:02:00.001-07:002023-09-23T02:02:14.327-07:00COVENANT<div style="text-align: center;"><i>yo!.. 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SOUK<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>after shock</b>.. innit!</i><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddXbdyODVEUZKltxxiQyPsYlFMmgYqnrjElKVqhNCXWjbgPbV022twRa5Xz9HEBZdtl_MrBwMsjnFHGCwnbgc_7JSbuCGGpmC4Vf3NTKA-wu55MikRXMsyKZSrrpPQNUtv8wKsA7j6HCmnzs7pb42_0wtfP5WaPgTSael2g6_vq3LoybIymooAo6Pcu4/s4034/DSC06112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4034" data-original-width="3132" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddXbdyODVEUZKltxxiQyPsYlFMmgYqnrjElKVqhNCXWjbgPbV022twRa5Xz9HEBZdtl_MrBwMsjnFHGCwnbgc_7JSbuCGGpmC4Vf3NTKA-wu55MikRXMsyKZSrrpPQNUtv8wKsA7j6HCmnzs7pb42_0wtfP5WaPgTSael2g6_vq3LoybIymooAo6Pcu4/w496-h640/DSC06112.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">we are just as nothing..</p><p style="text-align: center;">here in this world..</p><p style="text-align: center;">everything can just fall apart..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in an instant..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in our sleep..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> an earthquake in the souk..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or a river runs through it.. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">and all we can do..</p><p style="text-align: center;">here in palookaville <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> is watch on tv..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in horror and dread.. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">earthquakes and floods..</p><p style="text-align: center;">rubble and dust..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and lots of local people..</p><p style="text-align: center;">searching.. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">bereft..<br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-71750969771704502422023-09-14T03:14:00.003-07:002023-09-14T03:14:40.600-07:00KITCHEN SINK REDEMPTION<div style="text-align: center;"><i>yo! .. <b>portrait of god</b>.. innit!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsPf9l5lUKvGdZZ8jdjYeVbUS2n9-VyV-6Hga2YG6mXi96Ma_hyVT2khw-BmB9Rmi4ZEeyfikfVeevUQHBMhOCUlFynWx3_mOwIZHGUtEoaI9Zazi0J7EIBEL6gLU8hZffZ51kPdnXXjoiZnZy4b6VggxnIjr_jIzemgCYZten-Dbw3rLNSLLRMWSyvU/s1373/wash2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1373" data-original-width="858" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsPf9l5lUKvGdZZ8jdjYeVbUS2n9-VyV-6Hga2YG6mXi96Ma_hyVT2khw-BmB9Rmi4ZEeyfikfVeevUQHBMhOCUlFynWx3_mOwIZHGUtEoaI9Zazi0J7EIBEL6gLU8hZffZ51kPdnXXjoiZnZy4b6VggxnIjr_jIzemgCYZten-Dbw3rLNSLLRMWSyvU/w400-h640/wash2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br />long ago when I was a young boy..<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I came home one evening..</p><p style="text-align: center;">from playing out in the snow..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in the winter darkness..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I was freezing cold and soaking wet.. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">my knees were black..</p><p style="text-align: center;">from the dye of the cheap black jeans I had on.. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">my mother sat me on the draining board..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in the kitchen..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and bathed me in the kitchen sink..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I thought of this much later in my studio..</p><p style="text-align: center;">at the general hospital..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in 1984..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I thought of painting a portrait of god..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I was younger then..</p><p style="text-align: center;">anyway..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I look at this painting now..</p><p style="text-align: center;">(above is not the finished painting) <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">or at least a jpg of it..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and what I see now is not a deity..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but a pope..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a figure at the base of a crucifixion..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a screaming pope..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">WHERE'S THE SCREAM ?<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">well look at the face of <a href="https://charles-stuart.pixels.com/featured/bare-charles-stuart.html" target="_blank">this teddy bear</a>..</p><p style="text-align: center;">not all screams are alike..</p><p style="text-align: center;">this one is more like a smile..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or a look..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's a sunburst..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a grind..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a smirk and a chaos..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's not an ever fixed mark..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it 's a moveable feast..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a great notion..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's an anomaly a gap in time..</p><p style="text-align: center;">warped space..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I had used all the colours that I had available..</p><p style="text-align: center;">to make this odd..</p><p style="text-align: center;">unnatural..</p><p style="text-align: center;">cosmic..</p><p style="text-align: center;">different..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's an ecstacy in paint.. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">NOBODY EXPECTS A HANGING</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">this painting was bought by Leeds schools art loan scheme in 1986.. </p><p style="text-align: center;">and was on my page at artUK..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but that scheme has closed and the painting..</p><p style="text-align: center;">is awaiting adoption by the Leeds city art collection..</p><p style="text-align: center;">this has been going on for some years now..</p><p style="text-align: center;">so I sit here in the sink..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in the cold kitchen..</p><p style="text-align: center;">here in palookaville..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and it's beginning to feel like..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an eternity..</p></div>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-55094455669084760022023-08-29T05:15:00.000-07:002023-08-29T05:15:50.720-07:00INFLATION 1980<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>look back in wonder</b>..innit!</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZZ59SizgJwhFS5uTknsEOZHxKdWno_c5_pdPn4xbWksNId6inaONIRhGGyt9T77FzW8oL0-FYmbnmIcjwFScEDBwpEmR7aiisi_BOXn3EWETEI3BDTxSINYXo0ZM8Afo0Onv6ITdYCXjrO1a92FuBM_bbNHSHiE0Ldl1C2WWABRJ0NeThYN079lE/s3279/Scan%20126.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3279" data-original-width="2364" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZZ59SizgJwhFS5uTknsEOZHxKdWno_c5_pdPn4xbWksNId6inaONIRhGGyt9T77FzW8oL0-FYmbnmIcjwFScEDBwpEmR7aiisi_BOXn3EWETEI3BDTxSINYXo0ZM8Afo0Onv6ITdYCXjrO1a92FuBM_bbNHSHiE0Ldl1C2WWABRJ0NeThYN079lE/w462-h640/Scan%20126.jpeg" width="462" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">here in palookaville..</p><p style="text-align: center;">we think the mortgage rate @6% is high..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but when this photo was taken..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the rate was 15.5%..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">NOT JUST THE JOB WALTER</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">sitting here with my boss standing next to me..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I was 28..</p><p style="text-align: center;">It was a good job..</p><p style="text-align: center;">graphics and photography..</p><p style="text-align: center;">we all had a 16% raise in 1979..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and 21% raise in 1980..</p><p style="text-align: center;">then the job was made redundant..</p><p style="text-align: center;">me out first..</p><p style="text-align: center;">then the boss..</p><p style="text-align: center;">then the whole drawing office..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I moved house..</p><p style="text-align: center;">into the centre of the city..</p><p style="text-align: center;">sold the car..</p><p style="text-align: center;">we brewed all our own beer..</p><p style="text-align: center;">switched off the hot water and the heating..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I had to sell all my marvel comics..</p><p style="text-align: center;">for £500 that's <b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">£2,743.18 pounds today..</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Google Sans, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;">that's $3453.</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Google Sans, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">to pay the mortgage arrears..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Google Sans, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">SOCIAL SECURITY</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Google Sans, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;">there was help with mortgage interest payments back then..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;">and grants for students as well..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;">I went back to college..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;">qualified as a teacher..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;">mortgage rates went down..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;">eventually..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">but 10.5% was still normal..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">our actual mortgage amount was for £14,000..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">the new house had cost us £23,000 in 1980..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">our previous house we bought for £11,500..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">in 1978..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">we sold it for £21,000+..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">in 1980..</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;">THE VALUE OF PAPER MONEY</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><b>people here in palookaville..</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><b>talk of getting on the housing ladder..</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><b>they think houses only go up in value..</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><b>but the truth is..</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><b>it's the money that goes down in value..</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><b>it's all just inflation really..</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">MIGHTY MARVEL MELT UP</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I wonder what my marvel comics are worth now..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the first 36 spideys..</p><p style="text-align: center;">(all the Steve ditkos)</p><p style="text-align: center;">first 20 x-men..</p><p style="text-align: center;">first 24 Conan the barbarian..</p><p style="text-align: center;">many more..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-25968398142636703342023-08-22T05:23:00.002-07:002023-08-22T05:26:15.167-07:00ROBOTS READ MY BLOG<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>come all ye bots</b>.. innit!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_hAGs6Kghqb6Ht1Bg1utjJqLMiTLXbfY6jkWyRiqxGF3IpkJHY2XuYQfhuySeJbeyahIbnJKiVCsTzp_mrhaQAInIlr8Dr8iofYXqX4F7iA57bF6wGkgC9Rujz_Y-WXOMvPEZpOO9ZlNq4kczRvhPjqFb_DI1-A5bvB1Ge7uIdGJ87v8qDHD2p0HzyU/s335/capWIX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="335" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_hAGs6Kghqb6Ht1Bg1utjJqLMiTLXbfY6jkWyRiqxGF3IpkJHY2XuYQfhuySeJbeyahIbnJKiVCsTzp_mrhaQAInIlr8Dr8iofYXqX4F7iA57bF6wGkgC9Rujz_Y-WXOMvPEZpOO9ZlNq4kczRvhPjqFb_DI1-A5bvB1Ge7uIdGJ87v8qDHD2p0HzyU/w481-h481/capWIX.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">here in palookaville..</p><p style="text-align: center;">viewing traffic has gone apeshit..</p><p style="text-align: center;">google stats show viewing spikes..</p><p style="text-align: center;">all over town..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I SMELL A BOT</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">when you get 82 visits from Japan in one day..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or 199 from singapore all in a day..</p><p style="text-align: center;">you know the bots are back..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">TEACH YOUR CHILDREN</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">instead of teaching our children..</p><p style="text-align: center;">we are training machines how to say and write and draw..</p><p style="text-align: center;">dumb stuff..</p><p style="text-align: center;">they think that now that we are all dumbed down..</p><p style="text-align: center;">by the clever politics and media..</p><p style="text-align: center;">we will need machines to entertain and inform us all..</p><p style="text-align: center;">with ever dumber stuff..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">ANSWER THE F*CKING PHONE</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">the robots not answering the phones of the business and government..</p><p style="text-align: center;">are so crap that they are to be promoted..</p><p style="text-align: center;">just like in real life..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">when the bots come to palookaville..</p><p style="text-align: center;">they at least get a laugh..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">MY FINE ART</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">the bots are also..</p><p style="text-align: center;">all over my stuff on faa..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it started with beverley hills..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but is mostly new york..</p><p style="text-align: center;">with some from riyadh..</p><p style="text-align: center;">some 2500 - 5000 a day or more..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it makes it difficult..</p><p style="text-align: center;">to see the real visits..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">If you think that what you are reading, watching or listening to..</p><p style="text-align: center;">is created by a machine..</p><p style="text-align: center;">just turn it off..</p><p style="text-align: center;">shut it down..</p><p style="text-align: center;">do not buy it..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's..</p><p style="text-align: center;">your future..</p><p style="text-align: center;">your choice..</p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-60431364474773701942023-08-15T05:40:00.002-07:002023-08-15T05:42:38.306-07:00MISTER PITIFUL<p style="text-align: center;"><i>yo!.. <b>los angeles 3</b>.. innit!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTClG9LO0Ap9gjV_wKR-Jaq8g40qKIypGuKClmJPqTZKLBFkTj3PcOXuE8ZRv-tM0Gnt0VfLdlAd5i0K7prkNoIevJGkzvILf-6mTcyjrXal265aI4JkIxIRopmOHs3KbsLnoOSVBxRGgzg_5V6-blBbAELvpopbmh1Lk4ZtASX2AbjDe3QLE7W8I3DQ/s2500/aaaagreyboa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="2500" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTClG9LO0Ap9gjV_wKR-Jaq8g40qKIypGuKClmJPqTZKLBFkTj3PcOXuE8ZRv-tM0Gnt0VfLdlAd5i0K7prkNoIevJGkzvILf-6mTcyjrXal265aI4JkIxIRopmOHs3KbsLnoOSVBxRGgzg_5V6-blBbAELvpopbmh1Lk4ZtASX2AbjDe3QLE7W8I3DQ/w535-h395/aaaagreyboa.jpg" width="535" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">this image above is from psycho..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's not marilyn..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's Janet leigh..</p><p style="text-align: center;">apart from the appalling attack in the shower..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have given her the warhol treatment..</p><p style="text-align: center;">to make her look like marilyn..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a soup can marilyn..</p><p style="text-align: center;">like pop art..</p><p style="text-align: center;">innit!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">ICONOCLASM</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">the destruction of icons..</p><p style="text-align: center;">that famous and beautiful face..</p><p style="text-align: center;">has had some art worked on it..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I am sorry for my part in this now..</p><p style="text-align: center;">at the time I was only thinking of myself..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and my little screen print..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNTjwtb5_8RgrmxJLoYdN0kbQyOFbetsnSQEJ4ftZbW9-IZ0WBwQct5aa4KeCBYmpHiIuiKP5mXCte2gcp2xLDN1l0nw2eUlOkImGDTey1ImTz1Ajo1xk9eVtf4DQPl7RMdg-FWwbuiXrd5DfxYic52e-0FM4_RWgi6MqnYMPIre7oCDlX5d9HiL9tW0/s2500/aaaaiconscreamboa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1858" data-original-width="2500" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNTjwtb5_8RgrmxJLoYdN0kbQyOFbetsnSQEJ4ftZbW9-IZ0WBwQct5aa4KeCBYmpHiIuiKP5mXCte2gcp2xLDN1l0nw2eUlOkImGDTey1ImTz1Ajo1xk9eVtf4DQPl7RMdg-FWwbuiXrd5DfxYic52e-0FM4_RWgi6MqnYMPIre7oCDlX5d9HiL9tW0/w529-h394/aaaaiconscreamboa.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">so here you can see..</p><p style="text-align: center;">my cunning plan..</p><p style="text-align: center;">one print with the image on both sides and with cut out and folded flaps..</p><p style="text-align: center;">with the second print beneath it..</p><p style="text-align: center;">clever innit!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I SAW THIS AND THOUGHT OF YOU</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bYeoicZIws8TFyMIcm8TLKkOZjVQemNtWZwe_IZHQr910Aj-b1kjAfwg8LVKAQC-bc9Q-aabgqFVZHHSK8aKNVGklctApEd-wR5rXReqKuuqhUe9IVfgcsIuC3tIrniojkMlmAh_ExDnhmiy6ewKcxMz8T3D8UMN63do1wixirhVAdtOaWTIfSuFDNU/s5472/DSC06065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bYeoicZIws8TFyMIcm8TLKkOZjVQemNtWZwe_IZHQr910Aj-b1kjAfwg8LVKAQC-bc9Q-aabgqFVZHHSK8aKNVGklctApEd-wR5rXReqKuuqhUe9IVfgcsIuC3tIrniojkMlmAh_ExDnhmiy6ewKcxMz8T3D8UMN63do1wixirhVAdtOaWTIfSuFDNU/w480-h319/DSC06065.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">andy had given her the soup can treatment..</p><p style="text-align: center;">pile em high and sell em cheap..</p><p style="text-align: center;">mass reproduction..</p><p style="text-align: center;">just like elvis or the mona lisa..</p><p style="text-align: center;">15 minutes of lame..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">on reflection..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I feel now that this was..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a poor show..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMTUG5P49gqpBc7c6q0d0TL6J1MsbX-d8t2ETM4-Qoif_NJY4AIPkJEYE7NlSgLfP7Y-HKUm5D7EK5awNMNXcF9gHQvPXboCNP1EOTbiclFXt_lTHfO5rvxXKmjVgPr_wxaGKOmjNcF3JvrMMN9NldqlSiadtu_CoAhp7jV7Ux_Y_55LhGB-isvp4pzs/s5472/DSC06085.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMTUG5P49gqpBc7c6q0d0TL6J1MsbX-d8t2ETM4-Qoif_NJY4AIPkJEYE7NlSgLfP7Y-HKUm5D7EK5awNMNXcF9gHQvPXboCNP1EOTbiclFXt_lTHfO5rvxXKmjVgPr_wxaGKOmjNcF3JvrMMN9NldqlSiadtu_CoAhp7jV7Ux_Y_55LhGB-isvp4pzs/w537-h358/DSC06085.JPG" width="537" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">in 'marilyn reframed'</p><p style="text-align: center;">we are introduced to a great person..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the greatest photographer's model of all time..</p><p style="text-align: center;">she ran the whole show..</p><p style="text-align: center;">she had all the guts they ever made..</p><p style="text-align: center;">possibly the most famous face in the world..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and a great actress..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVO7kD2xS6-MFXyGfjpzyfJQ7aTNBB5K8GvaJnPF-xMGvQZBmG6nc0T2WHioLdidKROns8-dAu7XfFN0PKMbmWNt4FR2NvwbHbeSF5IefQJyXq8LeIPM4pdxo81ViYEAAamBZCI0dqrp1JWjNkjelRrNqfR_9GWoIQz9jIko0VpQkpecR3HQwXS-nKZXw/s5472/DSC06067.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVO7kD2xS6-MFXyGfjpzyfJQ7aTNBB5K8GvaJnPF-xMGvQZBmG6nc0T2WHioLdidKROns8-dAu7XfFN0PKMbmWNt4FR2NvwbHbeSF5IefQJyXq8LeIPM4pdxo81ViYEAAamBZCI0dqrp1JWjNkjelRrNqfR_9GWoIQz9jIko0VpQkpecR3HQwXS-nKZXw/w542-h361/DSC06067.JPG" width="542" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I was ten when she died..</p><p style="text-align: center;">she was the most beautiful woman in the world..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HjL0ZPw7AxKqBUNG9dF5BigjHF5aKQ4CCyPB0w9F839GAcFdNvavIUYLR9rMRVzgzlCqmtNbl834BmgFEbpdhTQSg4aJ504CN15uksX_Im8mzykDCna8KdaFF89Mz7CuZWYYsX_zdtg2VaQJKrfsaUXk2ZJmB2lyQ51s-hMEmLSDX4mQj1g7METRthI/s5472/DSC06104.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HjL0ZPw7AxKqBUNG9dF5BigjHF5aKQ4CCyPB0w9F839GAcFdNvavIUYLR9rMRVzgzlCqmtNbl834BmgFEbpdhTQSg4aJ504CN15uksX_Im8mzykDCna8KdaFF89Mz7CuZWYYsX_zdtg2VaQJKrfsaUXk2ZJmB2lyQ51s-hMEmLSDX4mQj1g7METRthI/w554-h369/DSC06104.JPG" width="554" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">you can spend a long time in Hollywood..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and never see the part they put in movies..</p><p style="text-align: center;">farewell my lovely..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Alo7U0S_VPU" width="320" youtube-src-id="Alo7U0S_VPU"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-51684655390328400552023-08-08T02:09:00.004-07:002023-08-08T02:12:14.058-07:00LOS ANGELES TWO<p style="text-align: center;"><i>yo!..<b> closer than that walter</b>.. innit! </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaDlueVAuu6fi1KIBTP8u4JK0TFf8BoJk0aNMKMb2xwHpGOl1HRNR_tKap7WSphTRvE5JEJ8vcBcOGPDhfyqzgTZF2Iio2MUThkH5RmvsBzMKRB7w-8fzYvP1M-BFS7lc2POO_iFFsjdbKIAHySPWVLjSJi8PYQRNyZZMr1Qss3XlXhEgckhYChb9Ihk/s4392/DSC06039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4392" data-original-width="2966" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaDlueVAuu6fi1KIBTP8u4JK0TFf8BoJk0aNMKMb2xwHpGOl1HRNR_tKap7WSphTRvE5JEJ8vcBcOGPDhfyqzgTZF2Iio2MUThkH5RmvsBzMKRB7w-8fzYvP1M-BFS7lc2POO_iFFsjdbKIAHySPWVLjSJi8PYQRNyZZMr1Qss3XlXhEgckhYChb9Ihk/w432-h640/DSC06039.JPG" width="432" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So..</p><p style="text-align: center;">angelinos..</p><p style="text-align: center;">here is the missing image..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the painting with the angels..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY AIN'T NO SANITY CLAUSE</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">nobody believes in angels..</p><p style="text-align: center;">yet here they are..</p><p style="text-align: center;">not observed from life..</p><p style="text-align: center;">obviously..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">but here in art..</p><p style="text-align: center;">they appear..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and reappear..</p><p style="text-align: center;">sometimes in the great paintings..</p><p style="text-align: center;">of the old masters..</p><p style="text-align: center;">(how long before that name is cancelled)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">THE OLD MISTRESSES</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">are always the best..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and there were often angels..</p><p style="text-align: center;">with messages..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or immaculate..</p><p style="text-align: center;">concepts..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">LATER THAT SAME DAY</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">get to the f*cking point..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I am dawdling here..</p><p style="text-align: center;">because I am awaiting..</p><p style="text-align: center;">divine inspiration..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcimd6PEd5PRqNP5sY93eN1QvOsi-iOtA-CIBf8Qumgvpa9x2PT-LN76d_hRAysFVTgM-zf_5SIw-_JVh357YHKTi2PQDzQQJbK5gtgNzjqnlVw8C_V5WKSHzjMkIY_DdlcmLYal4VL9OFb1rYq_B8qlPohWNxv-VUUP4xNURFm9pb8OsR3QwHM2i4zbg/s5472/DSC06040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcimd6PEd5PRqNP5sY93eN1QvOsi-iOtA-CIBf8Qumgvpa9x2PT-LN76d_hRAysFVTgM-zf_5SIw-_JVh357YHKTi2PQDzQQJbK5gtgNzjqnlVw8C_V5WKSHzjMkIY_DdlcmLYal4VL9OFb1rYq_B8qlPohWNxv-VUUP4xNURFm9pb8OsR3QwHM2i4zbg/w426-h640/DSC06040.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ah that's better..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here at last..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">better late than never..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">evidence..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yes there are angels..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but only in art..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and only before modernism..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">things happen..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">figures reveal themselves..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sometimes immediately..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sometimes they emerge gradually..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sometimes they appear so cool..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqHGFdm1XY2Cn2ccQp_2XYqugNLnUsz7JrCVZVK8GxzBp-3pM78Tq8L8tnSfeWhR7nDj7E6dU-SJZl9Nj-is_t9YkRodchCB9RRQr66qS4Box1zzbpq9BEyNDnBYTsdtdNqaAF7tFA1geUC6zC2kcL8OoOt64sUPbIiqgunhrkS9RcVuNHwdf65wNLKk/s5472/DSC06064.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqHGFdm1XY2Cn2ccQp_2XYqugNLnUsz7JrCVZVK8GxzBp-3pM78Tq8L8tnSfeWhR7nDj7E6dU-SJZl9Nj-is_t9YkRodchCB9RRQr66qS4Box1zzbpq9BEyNDnBYTsdtdNqaAF7tFA1geUC6zC2kcL8OoOt64sUPbIiqgunhrkS9RcVuNHwdf65wNLKk/w426-h640/DSC06064.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no two angels appear the same..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like waiting for the walk sign..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">walk..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> don't walk..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">believe don't believe..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">free will an all..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">your choice..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://figuresinasouk.com">figuresinasouk.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120632/" target="_blank">city of angels</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: 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/></i></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-16307008063629112023-08-02T05:24:00.001-07:002023-08-02T05:37:15.180-07:00MONA LISA NOT<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>yo!.. <b>diffrent strokes</b>.. innit!</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYBHWM2D5t749VZZGs7ymHqKOuJdkNsI-s2icrTcVT73YVlNpccPmL0W2TZ86e2EF-DrkhAi0WWF7EuWNqzMydK3_kJkWQpzti-kXe2GU_CmmtaWlrwVTej8jjP2V0R3eXKZLeDt3MxtPA3uqcqKtkH9knQfT4M-zgUNkbZr_lqLGO8ivRGAl59TmdKc/s4042/DSC05279.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4042" data-original-width="2842" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYBHWM2D5t749VZZGs7ymHqKOuJdkNsI-s2icrTcVT73YVlNpccPmL0W2TZ86e2EF-DrkhAi0WWF7EuWNqzMydK3_kJkWQpzti-kXe2GU_CmmtaWlrwVTej8jjP2V0R3eXKZLeDt3MxtPA3uqcqKtkH9knQfT4M-zgUNkbZr_lqLGO8ivRGAl59TmdKc/w448-h640/DSC05279.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">in the movies..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's all about faces..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's what created the big stars..</p><p style="text-align: center;">really big faces..</p><p style="text-align: center;">up there..</p><p style="text-align: center;">on the silver screen.</p><p style="text-align: center;">huge and..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in your face..</p><p style="text-align: center;">imagine the power..</p><p style="text-align: center;">of two huge beautiful faces..</p><p style="text-align: center;">kissing and canoodling..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and..</p><p style="text-align: center;">looking back at you..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and later..</p><p style="text-align: center;">talking to each other..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and again to you..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">POWER'S IN THE FACE MICK</p><p style="text-align: center;">always was..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">so</p><p style="text-align: center;">wtf is going on in this little epic..</p><p style="text-align: center;">three figures..</p><p style="text-align: center;">without a face between them..</p><p style="text-align: center;">Leonardo would not approve..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">BEAUTY IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">could be..</p><p style="text-align: center;">that these figures..</p><p style="text-align: center;">have beautiful faces..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but they have to keep them covered..</p><p style="text-align: center;">so as not to create desire..</p><p style="text-align: center;">incite lust..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">THE OPPOSITE OF PORN</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">hide beauty and avoid lust..</p><p style="text-align: center;">like covering up..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the legs of a piano..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">SOMETIME LATER</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">thing is..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the human face..</p><p style="text-align: center;">is the most erotic..</p><p style="text-align: center;">part of the body..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">THE EYES HAVE IT</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">they attract..</p><p style="text-align: center;">they stare into yours as you climax..</p><p style="text-align: center;">you know how to climax don't you.</p><p style="text-align: center;">you just put your lips together..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and blow..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the eyes again..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the lips..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the tongue..</p><p style="text-align: center;">this is where the action starts..</p><p style="text-align: center;">when you are teen aged..</p><p style="text-align: center;">you want to see the hidden parts..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the opposite sex..</p><p style="text-align: center;">(not sure you're allowed say that anymore)</p><p style="text-align: center;">but you miss the obvious..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the really great sex..</p><p style="text-align: center;">is right in front of you..</p><p style="text-align: center;">face to face..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">innit </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">so maybe mona..</p><p style="text-align: center;">is the racy image..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and all those..</p><p style="text-align: center;">faces in art..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and photography..</p><p style="text-align: center;">all portraits..</p><p style="text-align: center;">of profane love..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">VANITY OF VANITIES</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">meanwhile</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">back at the souk..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it looks like three figures in burkas..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but really..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's just a gesture..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or three strokes of the brush..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the big square at the back..</p><p style="text-align: center;">well that all started as a carpet..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a simplification of the souk..</p><p style="text-align: center;">into a single shape..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a magic carpet maybe..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a sacred symbol perhaps..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">SO WE PAINT ON</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">backs against the current..</p><p style="text-align: center;">bourn back ceaselessly..</p><p style="text-align: center;">into the mystic..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-64287443121297517122023-07-24T05:19:00.000-07:002023-07-24T05:19:14.537-07:00HOW TO MURDER YOUR BRAND<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>brand new mess</b>.. innit!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>here in palookaville..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>we know how to ruin a good thing..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>here is a list..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>1. change the logo..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>2. capsize your boat..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>with your brand name on the side..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>leave it half submerged for months..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>with all the world watching..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>3. change the name..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>4. change the boss..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>uh oh..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>loss of attention alert..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>IF IN DOUBT</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>do nothing..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>lie down in a darkened room..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>take a vacation..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>get a real job..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>get out more..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>take a walk..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>talk to the people in the street..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>don't mention gender..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-19536500535686944682023-07-18T05:32:00.005-07:002023-07-18T05:36:55.357-07:00LOS ANGELES<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>funny ole life</b>.. innit?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>this space is for the painting..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>that is missing from this post..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>because the pic of it is in another town..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>on another mac..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>you would be forgiven for expecting it..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>to be in the cloud..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>it being an angel </i><i>an all..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>but then..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>this is palookaville..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>come back again..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>in a while..</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">evva boddy nose..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I am the author of the great series of paintings called..</p><p style="text-align: center;">figures in a souk..</p><p style="text-align: center;">usually it's folks..</p><p style="text-align: center;">standin around talking or shoppin..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or just chillin out..</p><p style="text-align: center;">together or apart..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in a souk..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> BUT THEN</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">every now and again..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a funny figure appears..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it looks like a dude with a back pack..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but what if it is really..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a dude with wings..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">NOBODY EXPECTS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">to see angels..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in a modern painting..</p><p style="text-align: center;">any artist would want..</p><p style="text-align: center;">not to be seen..</p><p style="text-align: center;">anywhere near anything angelic..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's just not modern..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">ISN'T MODERNISM DEAD</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I thought it was all over..</p><p style="text-align: center;">so last century..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but everywhere you go..</p><p style="text-align: center;">you get people using the word modern..</p><p style="text-align: center;">to describe stuff..</p><p style="text-align: center;">especially houses..</p><p style="text-align: center;">as modern..</p><p style="text-align: center;">even though they are not..</p><p style="text-align: center;">they can be 'new' or 'contemporary'..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but unless they are built in the modern style...</p><p style="text-align: center;">you know..</p><p style="text-align: center;">cantilevers an stuff..</p><p style="text-align: center;">concrete an glass etc.</p><p style="text-align: center;">they ain't modern..</p><p style="text-align: center;">lavatory or not..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">ANYWAY</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have this painting..</p><p style="text-align: center;">standing in my studio..</p><p style="text-align: center;">with a bunch of cistine chapel types..</p><p style="text-align: center;">hanging out in the souk..</p><p style="text-align: center;">maybe..</p><p style="text-align: center;">watching folk..</p><p style="text-align: center;">keeping a beady..</p><p style="text-align: center;">out for whatevva..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I expect that..</p><p style="text-align: center;">sooner or later..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the arts council will show up..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in a taxi..</p><p style="text-align: center;">with a large eraser..</p><p style="text-align: center;">to rub out the offending angel..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and return the painting to..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an acceptable..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> secular state..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH ACQUISITION</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">it would be nice..</p><p style="text-align: center;">if the painting..</p><p style="text-align: center;">be allowed..</p><p style="text-align: center;">to hang out in spain..</p><p style="text-align: center;">with valasqueth..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in the prado..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but more likely it will go into a skip..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">CARY GRANT AND JEAN ARTHUR</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">it may be that this dude is no angel..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but a terrorist with a backpack..</p><p style="text-align: center;">there seems to be a lot of that about..</p><p style="text-align: center;">terrorism and backpacks..</p><p style="text-align: center;">dudes from hell..</p><p style="text-align: center;">expecting heaven..</p><p style="text-align: center;">how likely is that..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">anyway..</p><p style="text-align: center;">there maybe a lot of dudes with backpacks these days..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but..</p><p style="text-align: center;">ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">it occurs to me now..</p><p style="text-align: center;">as I write this..</p><p style="text-align: center;">that looking at the colours here..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and the way the figures are realised..</p><p style="text-align: center;">that maybe all..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or at least most of the figures here..</p><p style="text-align: center;">are angels..</p><p style="text-align: center;">standing around like actors..</p><p style="text-align: center;">in </p><p style="text-align: center;">CITY OF ANGELS</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's a movie I like..</p><p style="text-align: center;">nicolas cage and meg Ryan..</p><p style="text-align: center;">what's not to like..</p><p style="text-align: center;">anyway..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">SQUARE BUT MODERN</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">the yellow square..</p><p style="text-align: center;">is obviously the sun..</p><p style="text-align: center;">what else could it be..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://figuresinasouk.com">figuresinasouk.com</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120632/" target="_blank">city of angels</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031762/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_0_q_only%2520angels%2520have" target="_blank">onlyangelshavewings</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-25145316922207832622023-07-12T04:17:00.003-07:002023-07-12T04:38:46.596-07:00ENTER THE SUN<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>night in armour shining</b>.. innit!</i><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9CTyo2No6GbAs3znLnj_hTaf8ZZkAm4zPAW_meDn8H3McfR96JAli9XFucEHwh0GnexR-7mjBhpxPF89Pr64u3xRPwt45tfWj8G3k08Lo-vdAvPNv520EDrmBw7vMVJMQAq6IqyWRcDew1fRVIgTDWeQiXgU-VeXuyHc4M1h6UcWazXL1HZocN6nfbM/s5472/DSC06011.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9CTyo2No6GbAs3znLnj_hTaf8ZZkAm4zPAW_meDn8H3McfR96JAli9XFucEHwh0GnexR-7mjBhpxPF89Pr64u3xRPwt45tfWj8G3k08Lo-vdAvPNv520EDrmBw7vMVJMQAq6IqyWRcDew1fRVIgTDWeQiXgU-VeXuyHc4M1h6UcWazXL1HZocN6nfbM/w489-h325/DSC06011.JPG" width="489" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was sitting in the studio.. <br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">having an evening beer..</p><p style="text-align: center;">when I noticed the sun..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> had come out to play..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and was playing on one of my paintings..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> seems to be pretending..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> to be a horse..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or a knight like in chess..</p><p style="text-align: center;">maybe wants to play chess..</p><p style="text-align: center;">which would leave me struggling..</p><p style="text-align: center;">as chess and me don't mix..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I am not good at next moves..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I don't think several moves ahead..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm not a stepping stone kind of guy..</p><p style="text-align: center;">not a multi-tasker either.. </p><p style="text-align: center;">it's one thing at a time for me..</p><p style="text-align: center;">so I'm drinking the beer..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and the sun is doing the painting..</p><p style="text-align: center;">not a bad job at all..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the sun paints with light..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but it does not last..</p><p style="text-align: center;">so I went and got the camera..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and here we are..</p><p style="text-align: center;">sharing a moment together..</p><p style="text-align: center;">me with a beer..<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-84942649638393921922023-06-10T03:12:00.010-07:002023-06-10T03:20:58.843-07:00EX BORIS<p style="text-align: center;"> yo!.. <i><b>load of old Boris</b></i> innit!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenbMn3wVl2WMezoR6qGpB-d4w99JFNwd6Tlvp83n0qlScHtW8BxcBcG8XiZ6Q4JFSIREGp3_SfCXGLMG4nFbuLUSmDXW2X9NbSrhH6J3lkFrHjGC75culUfmBc6r9PkVwbHolKfflWHjhM6AeSY_m393waxjgVjZQoRzjOw8GHOWGznP2pzQa5XDf/s5472/DSC05810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenbMn3wVl2WMezoR6qGpB-d4w99JFNwd6Tlvp83n0qlScHtW8BxcBcG8XiZ6Q4JFSIREGp3_SfCXGLMG4nFbuLUSmDXW2X9NbSrhH6J3lkFrHjGC75culUfmBc6r9PkVwbHolKfflWHjhM6AeSY_m393waxjgVjZQoRzjOw8GHOWGznP2pzQa5XDf/w486-h323/DSC05810.JPG" width="486" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">here in palookaville..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the sheets have hit the fan..</p><p style="text-align: center;">boris scofield has walked out of parliament..</p><p style="text-align: center;">boris johnson has walked out on the dogs breakfast..</p><p style="text-align: center;">boris trump has walked out on democracy..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">TIE ME KANGAROO COURT SPORT</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">tired of accusations of lack of new material..</p><p style="text-align: center;">they have decided to jump ship..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">the public are devastated..</p><p style="text-align: center;">shocked and awed..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but mostly confused..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">PEAK BORIS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">is now a long time ago..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and holly wood..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and all the gang..</p><p style="text-align: center;">are crying shame..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">AFTER THIS EPISODE OF SOAP</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">you will be confused..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and confounded..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but mostly bored..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the lines between entertainment..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and politics..</p><p style="text-align: center;">have blurred and morphed..</p><p style="text-align: center;">some say it is the new androids..</p><p style="text-align: center;">who will not stop chatting..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and making things up..</p><p style="text-align: center;">out of old cliches..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and blonde wigs..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">WIGS ON THE GREEN</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">that's what we have..</p><p style="text-align: center;">here in palookaville..</p><p style="text-align: center;">home of the happy viewers..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">THESE BORIS ARE MADE FOR WALKING</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">when the going gets tough..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the tough get going..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">GOING GOING BUT NOT YET GONE</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">we must hope to lock the door..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and keep them out..</p><p style="text-align: center;">for they never mean to leave for good..</p><p style="text-align: center;">unless we hold them to account..</p><p style="text-align: center;">keep them at bay..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-3148607451538618182023-05-07T07:49:00.001-07:002023-05-07T07:49:29.632-07:00THINK OUTSIDE THE CLICHE<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>come all ye robots</b>.. innit!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_lbr0rJDYr-orFh44LNqXprGQQw-DlSy-i9jPDlZ5tyRhihQqdaEtIYVctgkv9pzRaYPzI1G6GUvgaeicSq9zdsOkvf7zE0bvS4e_UnPtgWSf9zn4BwJrUFda2W8FXk6ZCOfUYN75c2n5baFLMezG_oU20gxyeyCxKR7FipQ9cVB-W_Adc1-OFkh/s5472/DSC05707%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3648" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_lbr0rJDYr-orFh44LNqXprGQQw-DlSy-i9jPDlZ5tyRhihQqdaEtIYVctgkv9pzRaYPzI1G6GUvgaeicSq9zdsOkvf7zE0bvS4e_UnPtgWSf9zn4BwJrUFda2W8FXk6ZCOfUYN75c2n5baFLMezG_oU20gxyeyCxKR7FipQ9cVB-W_Adc1-OFkh/w426-h640/DSC05707%20copy.jpg" width="426" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">here in palookaville..</p><p style="text-align: center;">we are busy creating artificial dumbness..</p><p style="text-align: center;">machines that can think for ourselves..</p><p style="text-align: center;">not yet as dumb as us..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but approaching it fast..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the geeks in charge..</p><p style="text-align: center;">pretend that it is all for the greater good..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but really..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's all for the greater profits..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the amounts of money they think they will make..</p><p style="text-align: center;">is so awesome that they can easily ignore any negative possibilities..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">SURELY IT WILL ALL END IN TEARS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">well that's a view beginning to leak out of the lab..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and there's the fact that..</p><p style="text-align: center;">we will have no jobs..</p><p style="text-align: center;">so maybe slow down a little on this?</p><p style="text-align: center;">no chance..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">GENIE'S OUT OF THE LAMP</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">like cell phones..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and automobiles..</p><p style="text-align: center;">we must adopt and survive..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or get left behind..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or even worse..</p><p style="text-align: center;">left out..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">DUMBING UP</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">all the early stuff will be dumb anyway..</p><p style="text-align: center;">taught cliches by dumb humans..</p><p style="text-align: center;">to do our dumb human jobs..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's when the new dumb slaves..</p><p style="text-align: center;">create the newer cliche-free..</p><p style="text-align: center;">next generation..</p><p style="text-align: center;">then what?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-83729082827093465912023-05-06T04:57:00.005-07:002023-05-06T05:08:24.122-07:00AMERICAN LANDSCAPE<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>one that got away</b>.. innit!</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3wECkuaDNinidBBkU6Sj_37wPFsxqMc4FDA2EprO6iKx4iy1com04lPXPguRE6oSslJ916L_tWww0rmKyh2XVEpqHkHWmcm07-s3qt191g9xAFHHsGB_5jeHnpyXVJdvm0dwLvwl3McVIsjqSAClVgidNfsDHf6xChzfkPcCzr7mR6zrNpN1GV_N/s3482/darkstar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3482" data-original-width="2406" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3wECkuaDNinidBBkU6Sj_37wPFsxqMc4FDA2EprO6iKx4iy1com04lPXPguRE6oSslJ916L_tWww0rmKyh2XVEpqHkHWmcm07-s3qt191g9xAFHHsGB_5jeHnpyXVJdvm0dwLvwl3McVIsjqSAClVgidNfsDHf6xChzfkPcCzr7mR6zrNpN1GV_N/w442-h640/darkstar.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the winter 1994 edition of..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">modern painters..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I placed this ad..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">waste of time and money..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">shit happens..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">get over it..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">30 YEARS ON</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well 29 years nearly anyway..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am writing this..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because it is coronation day..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I am bored rigid..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on another three day weekend..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">banks don't need holidays..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">people do..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so why not just give the days to the folks.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and let us all have ordinary days..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where we can work..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ANYWAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the point about this painting..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is that it is gone..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">got lost in life somewhere..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">chucked in a skip perhaps..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">maybe painted over..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who knows..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sometimes you think you have created..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">something good, worthwhile, profound..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">maybe you have..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">maybe not..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">people need to see it..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">get feedback..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">encouragement maybe..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SOME OF THESE DAYS YOU'LL MISS ME HONEY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think it was rejected from..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the royal academy summer show..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">maybe I should have framed it..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">maybe I'm just lost in space..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like in the movie..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DARK STAR</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this usage decal has always..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">been on my mind..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's my american gothic..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uRFcQj4BbkLvdIMBW0JmrK7sJeGe_cOtZe5pbnfob0ksVoRrbR1bpD1qK0Anko3vyCn46QPI-5LUszFOYU4gJ-f_WNjAh42NYFrmaHeY5DaFMmd7lvK1gba8cPej4MXWBi1kNR9w2o44AkV6E_oWduyNp1MYyJZoAshYZKEqk_YMsfLBt-ImZmzp/s4843/studio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3102" data-original-width="4843" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uRFcQj4BbkLvdIMBW0JmrK7sJeGe_cOtZe5pbnfob0ksVoRrbR1bpD1qK0Anko3vyCn46QPI-5LUszFOYU4gJ-f_WNjAh42NYFrmaHeY5DaFMmd7lvK1gba8cPej4MXWBi1kNR9w2o44AkV6E_oWduyNp1MYyJZoAshYZKEqk_YMsfLBt-ImZmzp/w400-h256/studio.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you start out full of promise..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and belief..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">looking for a bigger bang..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmMkd533PighupT7MAQH6ecoZVLLe7FRG6N5XAdGkabKUMOw3kw7L1PwoIZkT2orJ-T_VRFwJymFGD9sapJEocrxhtM3LY6GxJwJvBAXqMzJVxBh-LJs16mbyYGNXUNNhoiqSS8oZht6pdED2hcwRU6h5xOKT1trc-cfKnpNWTnVkfvfqoZ8X4nkx/s5472/DSC05832.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmMkd533PighupT7MAQH6ecoZVLLe7FRG6N5XAdGkabKUMOw3kw7L1PwoIZkT2orJ-T_VRFwJymFGD9sapJEocrxhtM3LY6GxJwJvBAXqMzJVxBh-LJs16mbyYGNXUNNhoiqSS8oZht6pdED2hcwRU6h5xOKT1trc-cfKnpNWTnVkfvfqoZ8X4nkx/w400-h266/DSC05832.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sometimes I thing we got there..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">maybe for a minute..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or maybe just a..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">flash in the pan..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is there gold in them there hills?..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's an american landscape..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a 20th century fox..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjRTa3esA4yiH51Igl_sIs6np0emxA9Nc5A-vyU8QPE8Jjp8iA7SapOXyNoEGTXfaYkp5zrMOBiQ6-bC2L893ifrsVugDsA_So9cpOEljsjAhAGc2OBmvbZBwjSK6wh99xG4_6N1IZdQLtlq47JQGr7XQ4qnRD2mvjAukBNHKwPfXRKBc28lSvyQv/s5472/DSC05831uncrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjRTa3esA4yiH51Igl_sIs6np0emxA9Nc5A-vyU8QPE8Jjp8iA7SapOXyNoEGTXfaYkp5zrMOBiQ6-bC2L893ifrsVugDsA_So9cpOEljsjAhAGc2OBmvbZBwjSK6wh99xG4_6N1IZdQLtlq47JQGr7XQ4qnRD2mvjAukBNHKwPfXRKBc28lSvyQv/w400-h266/DSC05831uncrop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they have a military bearing..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">scared and battered survivors..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaee6RlAjFI2tqWWiXWFtyjFrV91TQpnWsGk_Hlp0XOxS_Png_-4O4_GhqM7eFStIiqIBREZC1G9Lb5mXIj9SLGLilupxcdLo-JtZQAhwwRpMCHKliuGnMXVOjinmgvsiOWUhNJfZP1pZsmaICpuzxIl8R7Q4M0tF9M_z2MoChoMHkjaaJxHDYRivF/s5472/DSC05838uncrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaee6RlAjFI2tqWWiXWFtyjFrV91TQpnWsGk_Hlp0XOxS_Png_-4O4_GhqM7eFStIiqIBREZC1G9Lb5mXIj9SLGLilupxcdLo-JtZQAhwwRpMCHKliuGnMXVOjinmgvsiOWUhNJfZP1pZsmaICpuzxIl8R7Q4M0tF9M_z2MoChoMHkjaaJxHDYRivF/w400-h266/DSC05838uncrop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">testament to hope..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MEANWHILE BACK AT THE MOVIE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">The bomb, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">having learned </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_doubt" style="background-image: none; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Cartesian doubt">Cartesian doubt</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">, trusts only itself. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">It is convinced that </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism" style="background-image: none; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Solipsism">only it exists</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">and that its sole purpose in life is to explode, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">and it does so. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Dark Star</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> is destroyed,</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-68393063078732430872023-05-02T03:15:00.003-07:002023-05-02T03:23:21.516-07:00MY AMERICAN DREAM<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>Whitney museum come get me</b>.. innit!</i></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vs-Q8Qq2f5llYYoByRNRgQtJFRqsergOQb7Qh538HWbau6U2V3-d16Dsmxnx6BoP8SsegzwkGi2S9Y5-EIzeqGbPNqeKiLfz_U_U5qFrG6th359s3Hm8t3zB83yw5JtsCqfBZeEBssI7ME9wBhZfS0c0lQniH70vz_F58DkfnpdTzEtilOWzZ8ny/s4815/DSC05831.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4815" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vs-Q8Qq2f5llYYoByRNRgQtJFRqsergOQb7Qh538HWbau6U2V3-d16Dsmxnx6BoP8SsegzwkGi2S9Y5-EIzeqGbPNqeKiLfz_U_U5qFrG6th359s3Hm8t3zB83yw5JtsCqfBZeEBssI7ME9wBhZfS0c0lQniH70vz_F58DkfnpdTzEtilOWzZ8ny/w511-h318/DSC05831.jpg" width="511" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">long ago and so very far away..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in a studio that had previously been a hospital ward..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some guy shows up..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">an starts ta paint his socks off..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ENOLA GAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had stopped painting with images from children's books..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and had come up with a pictogram..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which I thought of as a logo for god..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was a landscape..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">an idealised landscape but simplified..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like a children's idea of hills..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this was all inside a quatrefoil..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a window onto a promised land..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a land of peace and plenty..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I told in my post..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://peterthepainter.blogspot.com/2023/03/war-is-peace.html" target="_blank">war is peace</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started marrying up the heaven image with the ultra-famous..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">USAAF DECAL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wonder how andy missed this..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anyway..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0XOyKQATbfSm_tNXwP7bTeEQn_jm02vLXkHVE7aDKMfFhsU-dr-r_MpvnL2CRbX4Ou4HW2iN7d8U2OqkwAZIAIEoUw6-utHPBToZmbTsSLS58JALLEwQYX52wiHdsNRAV_0scaHxKnrc4FweRWb0tL6_b70uUEg0rYVA4W-SLriT_9wjtC4q3EZu/s4843/studio.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3102" data-original-width="4843" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0XOyKQATbfSm_tNXwP7bTeEQn_jm02vLXkHVE7aDKMfFhsU-dr-r_MpvnL2CRbX4Ou4HW2iN7d8U2OqkwAZIAIEoUw6-utHPBToZmbTsSLS58JALLEwQYX52wiHdsNRAV_0scaHxKnrc4FweRWb0tL6_b70uUEg0rYVA4W-SLriT_9wjtC4q3EZu/s320/studio.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as you can see here..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was painting these large canvases two at a time..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the one that survives (top)..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is the one on the left..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so it is in a hot studio..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with lots of oil paint and thinner..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">floating in the air..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that I entered my own little (war) zone..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN0fQJOfSFzbYrmnN1bZPtx7L3oghuBnrZdYZxDSHqr0UmR6LwkDX07THBE4wQO34INoveeqGNYEa2picoJBgfIf0BAMIS_1pWwO6wEE5_aiXL7z9cKurVfjTj7nZRaKfuQdlaP_YC5ZUkrbTcbq_cWEqIJio-9Vxlds-_1uOzcgRT1nPo2mrypxv/s5472/DSC05832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN0fQJOfSFzbYrmnN1bZPtx7L3oghuBnrZdYZxDSHqr0UmR6LwkDX07THBE4wQO34INoveeqGNYEa2picoJBgfIf0BAMIS_1pWwO6wEE5_aiXL7z9cKurVfjTj7nZRaKfuQdlaP_YC5ZUkrbTcbq_cWEqIJio-9Vxlds-_1uOzcgRT1nPo2mrypxv/w400-h266/DSC05832.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">white paint exploded everywhere..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as my brushes flew crazy wild..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then I drew the quatrefoil in red..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and added the green hills..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all the paint was wet..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and if you click on the image you can see it lifting off the wet white..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I threw the dot from some way away..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it landed where it landed..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not aimed but a lucky shot..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">can you see the dove?.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span> DOVE OF PEACE</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>in a world of war..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>I grew up in e</span>ngland..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the burbs..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of palookaville..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and became american..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by watching tv..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WAR OR WESTERNS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that's what we watched in the 50's..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a cowboy outfit and a bow and arrow..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a davy crocket hat and a burp gun..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but the image that stuck in mt head and heart..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was the one on the wings of enola gay..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and during vietnam..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">while I grew through my teens..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this decal was on all the news shows..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and in all the papers and magazines..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AN AMERICAN PAINTING</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">war and peace..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">power and glory..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">yin and yang..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with a bang..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAjMuc_FGLBBBQnmkzKQHxwgvLtJaB0byWLJ8sT2P0XVPTPwqlbfdHNr4WAaI8ItzkIv5jR9AP6nN67t66EDgwQoMDOu442e3nV3MWcwpDtWpmHD3qoLXnh7E_evv5AA1BbqOSLE1o5SUTVlydTyjrcKn-TwoAeJoBvrR0aTqzSbrF0iiqGOBfaX7/s5016/DSC05838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3102" data-original-width="5016" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAjMuc_FGLBBBQnmkzKQHxwgvLtJaB0byWLJ8sT2P0XVPTPwqlbfdHNr4WAaI8ItzkIv5jR9AP6nN67t66EDgwQoMDOu442e3nV3MWcwpDtWpmHD3qoLXnh7E_evv5AA1BbqOSLE1o5SUTVlydTyjrcKn-TwoAeJoBvrR0aTqzSbrF0iiqGOBfaX7/w400-h248/DSC05838.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwSNcK6nwnJoZ8Bm0i2OiOJYLKq5aBbZXlVUR4opMPBzyOjBXOWm7o2zU0yAB_ZNRnfL4W70gtWNtM-SGMZwjQs4Q5KNFpmDCAA_mInye-dUed2jZdc0n5FQ54Hl4QMBfDIpGS3WalGC2_fBWaskK78DA7FLKVMpouMpXADQ8FAhtx-lOeA17F8ss/s4886/DSC05833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="4886" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwSNcK6nwnJoZ8Bm0i2OiOJYLKq5aBbZXlVUR4opMPBzyOjBXOWm7o2zU0yAB_ZNRnfL4W70gtWNtM-SGMZwjQs4Q5KNFpmDCAA_mInye-dUed2jZdc0n5FQ54Hl4QMBfDIpGS3WalGC2_fBWaskK78DA7FLKVMpouMpXADQ8FAhtx-lOeA17F8ss/w400-h249/DSC05833.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AMERICAN ART 1985 - 2014</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-39779109230061329272023-04-30T04:15:00.010-07:002023-04-30T04:20:12.577-07:00MY MASTERPIECE<p> </p><p style="text-align: left;"> <i> yo!.. <b>blue remembered hills</b>.. innit!</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFwKUVHYwtySHMLn1_gNt4gsFznMA6A115afu08UfwZCOx2VfwT5kOm0DK7dCiz-9v2iV2boD7DpzXtQGDOxYkDjvPqx-sjPw1ltt16lWz6sIF8BC-zzKzSaLMyOsJSuDXJ6_J91-opVYOHahrlYTUC8aREc9xRnD2WGvrs89mewvjf_RcMirRdCh/s624/watch2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="624" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFwKUVHYwtySHMLn1_gNt4gsFznMA6A115afu08UfwZCOx2VfwT5kOm0DK7dCiz-9v2iV2boD7DpzXtQGDOxYkDjvPqx-sjPw1ltt16lWz6sIF8BC-zzKzSaLMyOsJSuDXJ6_J91-opVYOHahrlYTUC8aREc9xRnD2WGvrs89mewvjf_RcMirRdCh/w535-h327/watch2.jpg" width="535" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">long ago..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and so very far away..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I painted this picture..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the time..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was artist-in residence..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the general hospital..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in palookaville..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuuIE4YBYjuFZltzpl6tUGcO3nhb5898WrwbKRnVFigDW7rrSpGfuylKu0J94qigPb34jqxeRDB5GdBr26FOJa4k1unEnhui55i6RENJICJqtJU6TUui7SsYkyr_O_QGpz7NEMpuUZXMP5os-6ucjTF2Y8fm1aXXxUxkomqazhKSOQTV2D9ekDGVX/s1650/studiosm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1650" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuuIE4YBYjuFZltzpl6tUGcO3nhb5898WrwbKRnVFigDW7rrSpGfuylKu0J94qigPb34jqxeRDB5GdBr26FOJa4k1unEnhui55i6RENJICJqtJU6TUui7SsYkyr_O_QGpz7NEMpuUZXMP5os-6ucjTF2Y8fm1aXXxUxkomqazhKSOQTV2D9ekDGVX/w434-h278/studiosm.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had this great big studio..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a whole nightingale ward..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to myself..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had all the oil paints, turps, brushes and canvases..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could ever wish for..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a small grant..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a free lunch..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">THE RICHEST MAN ALIVE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for who could ask for more..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anyway..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">before I started painting the USAAF decals..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I painted the first image at the top of this post..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WATCH WITH MOTHER</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was 1984..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and 9/11..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was way in the future..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was using figures from children's illustrated story books..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was a thing for me then..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had this sketch..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in my book..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that had rupert the bear..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">crucified upside down..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to his little airplane from one of the rupert stories..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that would be the airplane not the crucifixion..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">micky mouse was looking in through the window from outside the house..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that this was happening in..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> given that I had the means, motive and opportunity..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I figured that I may as well..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">go large..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so many litres of white spirit later..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after some great struggle..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this canvas was born..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a star..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUev2wkWBPUhQ_mGYzly1AcMeeFrExR2EC9oC2qBqEE5YNGyrJGKN41h_eg-VUbNrnxpn9SHB0FBE8fVVjqZudY3eBUoVvi2mLRsf36BNNE3yext8B0qpW1vY9f-yTpxLYpH-1xSnA5wRu28M8S-OBYluIk-uke4s0UBfkO1hHwXQA09c-Nj9LLmd/s624/watch2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="624" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUev2wkWBPUhQ_mGYzly1AcMeeFrExR2EC9oC2qBqEE5YNGyrJGKN41h_eg-VUbNrnxpn9SHB0FBE8fVVjqZudY3eBUoVvi2mLRsf36BNNE3yext8B0qpW1vY9f-yTpxLYpH-1xSnA5wRu28M8S-OBYluIk-uke4s0UBfkO1hHwXQA09c-Nj9LLmd/s320/watch2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so here we have the the resulting masterpiece..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sometime during eternity..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">rupert the bear..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">has gone blackface..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he still has his red jumper and plaid yellow trousers..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so we can identify him clearly..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so why has his face gone black?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well sometime during the painting process..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was in the zone..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">having to spin the 8 ft x 5 ft..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">canvas around over my head..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to get the soaking wet canvas with all of it's white spirit..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(turpentine)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to drain off in the desired direction..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was in a painting frenzy..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was great fun..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if a little tiring..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sometime during this creative fog of war..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">rupert's face went black..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not premeditated m' lord..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but never the less..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OUT OF THE TOY BOX</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the figures on the left of the painting..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">are a jolly bunch of middle class pals..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">called tiger tim and friends..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they are in shock and awe..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the sight of the innocent rupert..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in such a fix..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">IS THIS A LYNCHING ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well after watching the george floyd killing on the news..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it may seem that way..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">IS THIS 9/11</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that would make the painting..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">prescient..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">spooky no?..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MEDIUM COOL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess the answers lie in the news..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all of the filmed and videoed..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">violence and tragedy..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">endlessly watched by us all..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">our faces reflecting horror..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and dismay..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but watch we still do..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in sharing this with you today..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it occurs to me that some may be offended..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by the black face of rupert..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and say it is somehow..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a racist work..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that, I believe, would be a mistake..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is a powerful work of art..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but it cannot be seen by anyone at this time..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and so cannot be debated..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as it is held in the store room..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of a UK city..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who bought the painting long ago..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but will not adopt it into their public collection..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for whatever reason..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I do not know..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>yo!.. <b>just another day</b>.. innit!</i></div></div><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3lpA3CpRLcz02eeFESoAa-6RNI2DIiRMTlltFaHcEupdi8jS5B4B6JVgG64pixdhAZVfXrr0fTS8kecmKYhNMRadj_aRGL-plYKIetvwe69qpXCMTHEOdV7lIhgeXBMlqZ5gRBQ3NzadK_lRU9G7WtvBDumDqKOsNJ_tafnI_qJVcP8M0Hj1UhIp/s5472/DSC05819.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3lpA3CpRLcz02eeFESoAa-6RNI2DIiRMTlltFaHcEupdi8jS5B4B6JVgG64pixdhAZVfXrr0fTS8kecmKYhNMRadj_aRGL-plYKIetvwe69qpXCMTHEOdV7lIhgeXBMlqZ5gRBQ3NzadK_lRU9G7WtvBDumDqKOsNJ_tafnI_qJVcP8M0Hj1UhIp/w520-h347/DSC05819.JPG" width="520" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the thing about this great sourdough wholemeal toast..</div><p style="text-align: center;">is trying to get the butter and honey..</p><p style="text-align: center;">on the bits without the holes..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and anyway..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it runs off through the holes..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and down yer painter's smock..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">WORKING WITH BRUSHES</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I sit here every morning..</p><p style="text-align: center;">amongst all my painty stuff..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an eat my toast..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an drink my coffee..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an look at all my lovely paintings..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> HOPE SPRINGS</p><p style="text-align: center;">I get ideas..</p><p style="text-align: center;">see stuff..</p><p style="text-align: center;">reach for the camera..</p><p style="text-align: center;">there is so much to record..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I love this place..</p><p style="text-align: center;">maybe I will add a finishing touch..</p><p style="text-align: center;">paint over some lacklustre canvas..</p><p style="text-align: center;">go inside the house..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an write stuff like this..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">THE REST OF THE ROBOTS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I wonder what the new slaves..</p><p style="text-align: center;">will do for breakfast..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and how will they think up stuff to create..</p><p style="text-align: center;">surely some i.t. dude will have to tell em what to do..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the idea that silicon beings..</p><p style="text-align: center;">are being created..</p><p style="text-align: center;">to out art us artists..</p><p style="text-align: center;">intelligence and skills..</p><p style="text-align: center;">far superior to ours..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">VOTING EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">all us turkeys..</p><p style="text-align: center;">gonna be put down..</p><p style="text-align: center;">or become pets..</p><p style="text-align: center;">just saying..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsg3o56mMQR6oXhI2jLUt_YWEptj7IBXiUQfhsXy61J1XT5E1lx3qczIdhTqwzPzTb2R6Y4jXqe4oABiLfHI2DiD8-zIg6DE0Nqxg6AEJBlVoDERqSHvoGjyDXulzdZ9vK1-6zVDMSYHpyXgaubOC22eZBeslL3oD-Hfg33bFl5ayoyrV7LheAmvlY/s5472/DSC05820.JPG" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsg3o56mMQR6oXhI2jLUt_YWEptj7IBXiUQfhsXy61J1XT5E1lx3qczIdhTqwzPzTb2R6Y4jXqe4oABiLfHI2DiD8-zIg6DE0Nqxg6AEJBlVoDERqSHvoGjyDXulzdZ9vK1-6zVDMSYHpyXgaubOC22eZBeslL3oD-Hfg33bFl5ayoyrV7LheAmvlY/w499-h333/DSC05820.JPG" width="499" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">after breakfast..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the brushes..</p><p style="text-align: center;">come out to play..</p><p style="text-align: center;">where are we going today dad?</p><p style="text-align: center;">brushes get old..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and wear out..</p><p style="text-align: center;">just like we do..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> slaves to our art..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but human beings..</p><p style="text-align: center;">all the same..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-51741019873734081462023-04-15T08:56:00.001-07:002023-04-15T08:56:54.598-07:00PLANET ON A PLATE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>yo!<b> world inna grain a sand..</b> innit!</i><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtX6l0MMfsWR-sVwsvPhA2ZoTGgzdWB4kdQ5grWLM-UpE_9FYEYYZ_7U8UD77xPCpJzG8UGkMsi1Asrr12MpKgrQAnbALLy3F90mTXbYZa_34H-sUSAwAqhipOTEFzXN9ocTOG82FrQFo8H_jhQ5eQtmzZopmcVsQnSxTpwNZ07gkntRg1DHoPmgT/s5472/DSC05774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtX6l0MMfsWR-sVwsvPhA2ZoTGgzdWB4kdQ5grWLM-UpE_9FYEYYZ_7U8UD77xPCpJzG8UGkMsi1Asrr12MpKgrQAnbALLy3F90mTXbYZa_34H-sUSAwAqhipOTEFzXN9ocTOG82FrQFo8H_jhQ5eQtmzZopmcVsQnSxTpwNZ07gkntRg1DHoPmgT/w543-h361/DSC05774.JPG" width="543" /></a></div><br />I use dinner plates as mixing palettes..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when I paint in oils.. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this top one was used for <a href="http://peterthepainter.blogspot.com/2023/04/my-indian-green.html" target="_blank">'my Indian Green'</a>..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cool innit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4twuAIqTlnqHL_3kX8wUCxjuzsu6jpyOFHx_tX2dhl8KBTaHzZUeygLaZlpfEY59oXkiivXyrzB-JGpXao5XNLP8_FVkZOqE6MNFfrB7m-llepqkxU141h6K-6xBLx862g3jon1adgmRr_LwX9J60JucWPZbi0QXW7edinqMtsbHo1LrJhxXpq_Ko/s5472/DSC05806%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4twuAIqTlnqHL_3kX8wUCxjuzsu6jpyOFHx_tX2dhl8KBTaHzZUeygLaZlpfEY59oXkiivXyrzB-JGpXao5XNLP8_FVkZOqE6MNFfrB7m-llepqkxU141h6K-6xBLx862g3jon1adgmRr_LwX9J60JucWPZbi0QXW7edinqMtsbHo1LrJhxXpq_Ko/w539-h359/DSC05806%20copy.jpg" width="539" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This really hot plate..</p><p style="text-align: center;">is volcanic..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's a totally tectonic plate..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it's a real toasty world..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">GLOBAL BOLLOCKS</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">yes the climate is changing..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it always has changed and always will..</p><p style="text-align: center;">cold ages and warmer ones.. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">you know ice ages happen..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> is it our fault..</p><p style="text-align: center;">probably some of it is..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but really it's all up to the sun and it's solar activity</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">we are not allowed to challenge..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the current orthodoxy..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but we don't have to believe everything that they say.. </p><p style="text-align: center;">we just have to go along..</p><p style="text-align: center;">you know..</p><p style="text-align: center;">go along to get along..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">NOAH SAYS DO THIS</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">maybe we should prepare..</p><p style="text-align: center;">save the animals and stuff..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but maybe not panic..</p><p style="text-align: center;">because it's already baked in..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and we are but little dudes..</p><p style="text-align: center;">compared to the sun.. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">CHANGE SUCKS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I useually don't like change..</p><p style="text-align: center;">not even the changing of the seasons..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">I'M ALL RIGHT LUMBERJACK</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> log rollers know one thing above all else..</p><p style="text-align: center;">keep on rolling..</p><p style="text-align: center;">if you try to stand still..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the logs will roll you over into the river..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and then..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and then they roll over you..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUBklFZl1JxJ4YkuEEHvzHbbOKSeDEVcPK-fZNS-qn-Z49n1BnHMUn__m-xVe4QALfrFdfXuE6S9D6tonA_9ANYs_AOYiw77ZFH8gH_gP6J-VAmucQTMQGi52GZjWHvXe-OnRNv-T6iE3rdOfY24zAv19PBRcT9B7N23tONmaugVOE-5TX4do7uSR/s4272/DSC05809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4272" data-original-width="3166" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUBklFZl1JxJ4YkuEEHvzHbbOKSeDEVcPK-fZNS-qn-Z49n1BnHMUn__m-xVe4QALfrFdfXuE6S9D6tonA_9ANYs_AOYiw77ZFH8gH_gP6J-VAmucQTMQGi52GZjWHvXe-OnRNv-T6iE3rdOfY24zAv19PBRcT9B7N23tONmaugVOE-5TX4do7uSR/w474-h640/DSC05809.JPG" width="474" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-33946939065973372412023-04-10T04:38:00.002-07:002023-04-10T04:38:31.621-07:00WILL WE ALWAYS HAVE PARIS ?<p style="text-align: center;"> yo!.. first response.. innit!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisICBNUYPvz1lHgtAUYJPBoWMzYSCAETC8xY0iAKD_YzZ9x74pRDB_z2H0uWmmqzG9QtEwFmPb0ByojwGtvADEoCtAd8b0e09NmwWsdA3kFk36HY4wD80J6e8w2wJLeIXcUEfQ8yz5Q_zm1AFlxO_MxsfMALNjPcoXZ7k6fuo9pa94U8b90u_r6x_/s1650/DSC05762%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1650" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisICBNUYPvz1lHgtAUYJPBoWMzYSCAETC8xY0iAKD_YzZ9x74pRDB_z2H0uWmmqzG9QtEwFmPb0ByojwGtvADEoCtAd8b0e09NmwWsdA3kFk36HY4wD80J6e8w2wJLeIXcUEfQ8yz5Q_zm1AFlxO_MxsfMALNjPcoXZ7k6fuo9pa94U8b90u_r6x_/w400-h266/DSC05762%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">above in the middle of this picture is the centre panel of..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DEATH IN PARIS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as a painter..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">living in a safe suburb..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">somewhere not paris..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had these larger canvases..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sitting around with nothing to do..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the tough get painting..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I painted this triptych..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as part of the..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'figures in a souk' series..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'will we always have paris?'..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I asked myself..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and you too I suppose..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because sometimes..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it feels that civilisation is breaking down..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you know..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">civility, tolerance, community, art..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ANYWAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this was the effect that news had on my art..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one painting, three panels..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the souk can be a dangerous place..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as well as a place to shop..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Will-We-Always-Have-Paris/31203/2705863/view" target="_blank">https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Will-We-Always-Have-Paris/31203/2705863/view</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1 class="firstHeading mw-first-heading" id="firstHeading" style="border: 0px; flex-grow: 1; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="mw-page-title-main"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks" target="_blank"> November 2015 Paris attacks</a></span></h1></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-5858062336521720052023-04-10T03:56:00.001-07:002023-04-10T04:16:11.524-07:00MY INDIAN GREEN<p style="text-align: center;">so..</p><p style="text-align: center;">I had this canvas..</p><p style="text-align: center;">painted orange..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSIpinpEFmMpEhju57R5dakwEdbnIiDugdDjlOANWSTiNFnu56Q5ZBIKaGqwprXe5Cc3J-IWKEZsc_GRBVkCeC4YvoGq6cmh5DrgMd5BivLLQTzghXdv5qVfDIDmh9DI_5U6iBj0hqLFDUMrN4g66F7oAQv1g47QNLd-Wnz3IbtqZ7b-I-en5n8eQ/s5472/DSC05364.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSIpinpEFmMpEhju57R5dakwEdbnIiDugdDjlOANWSTiNFnu56Q5ZBIKaGqwprXe5Cc3J-IWKEZsc_GRBVkCeC4YvoGq6cmh5DrgMd5BivLLQTzghXdv5qVfDIDmh9DI_5U6iBj0hqLFDUMrN4g66F7oAQv1g47QNLd-Wnz3IbtqZ7b-I-en5n8eQ/w506-h337/DSC05364.JPG" width="506" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">and as you can see here..</p><p style="text-align: center;">orange looks good in the garden..</p><p style="text-align: center;">so green was coming to this dude..</p><p style="text-align: right;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8Ar3HrztI-YLEaNxvoulmUnisk_h55KkJ04s_Dimo6Uk-0mIY-JRr9yozeQoRPvNm-JalSvV8eI2lnlfZe5uv0Zt5r2a3a-STkPKQOPxQRA6Zjn2223VHqmkvD5TUOo0Qij6dCpGJtN5gC8TJsiWuKgaPAcNJhxAtohCQVuVpb8py6_ftXpXcgOa/s4524/DSC05765.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4524" data-original-width="2958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8Ar3HrztI-YLEaNxvoulmUnisk_h55KkJ04s_Dimo6Uk-0mIY-JRr9yozeQoRPvNm-JalSvV8eI2lnlfZe5uv0Zt5r2a3a-STkPKQOPxQRA6Zjn2223VHqmkvD5TUOo0Qij6dCpGJtN5gC8TJsiWuKgaPAcNJhxAtohCQVuVpb8py6_ftXpXcgOa/w418-h640/DSC05765.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and so it was that..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got out the green..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and set to painting over all that orange..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hoping to know when to stop..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I mean..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you never know..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if something good will appear..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or not..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">GLOBAL WARNING</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I looked up..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and saw this Indian palace..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the heat of the day..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after rain..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">maybe..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw these people walking..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the images of pollution..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">shown on the telly..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">somewhere in delhi..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some slum dog millionaires..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">choking on poisoned airs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ANYWAY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sat in my garden chair..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you know..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the one in the studio..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and looked at this painting..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I could see dogs and cats..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and elephants..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and heat and dust and light..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at first I thought of..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the spring rains in africa..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the karoo..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and serengeti..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but no..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">INDIAN GREEN</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is what it is..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for now..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at least..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcjQqTY_JOyy7gS4xzuhHNSLz7Mv-rFvVywJrupPziozIxJcWqmMuRvCJ-EsUCyQ-mrOYjy-rZ21VsaflyvHDtYqbakxgnCZ44KiiMuIu-QL3CWJbvRxQNQ_AuuoOuHbCX0UeZOunx2EOSSb_8_ha6PRhztmWBOAN3irDQAi3OCLz_QftjUY_rOyP/s1650/DSC05763%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1650" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcjQqTY_JOyy7gS4xzuhHNSLz7Mv-rFvVywJrupPziozIxJcWqmMuRvCJ-EsUCyQ-mrOYjy-rZ21VsaflyvHDtYqbakxgnCZ44KiiMuIu-QL3CWJbvRxQNQ_AuuoOuHbCX0UeZOunx2EOSSb_8_ha6PRhztmWBOAN3irDQAi3OCLz_QftjUY_rOyP/w400-h266/DSC05763%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OjZoRNE_adGJ1zeNFdH3c03GXte4b5HhyqF2PPORxP_x8Zl5sJRdjoOKjn4PTNzMceWUlHM_lZATI6AbRqCKbx0QISScNRf1uDfN1rEASY2PH6GSmmLe2jffW9YBCB8CwqqSgIwqLxiBZ1N5ZBCBH-hVmPsVVhOk6q3yfwkw6Wo3AbKbEl0jr__Z/s1650/DSC05762%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1650" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OjZoRNE_adGJ1zeNFdH3c03GXte4b5HhyqF2PPORxP_x8Zl5sJRdjoOKjn4PTNzMceWUlHM_lZATI6AbRqCKbx0QISScNRf1uDfN1rEASY2PH6GSmmLe2jffW9YBCB8CwqqSgIwqLxiBZ1N5ZBCBH-hVmPsVVhOk6q3yfwkw6Wo3AbKbEl0jr__Z/w400-h266/DSC05762%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-57559981131464070052023-03-20T09:18:00.014-07:002023-03-20T10:01:23.757-07:00WAR IS PEACE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPCqTlfbpNQFWYTHQRY1sut_mvU03_3DtPataYi4zm0IIL0Ex3obXDFo1LOzoCepYPODPHt0j7IDNm_MTXUy_soWpOQZUVV7CRSEGWNW3FBRcjW_uybDBbCP3NxcwkWx30I2N4UT2E8yK_so1N43dEFk0PJYvxHq4BIE-rpJVpJxgRrreXCfZpN8Z/s1600/DSC05360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPCqTlfbpNQFWYTHQRY1sut_mvU03_3DtPataYi4zm0IIL0Ex3obXDFo1LOzoCepYPODPHt0j7IDNm_MTXUy_soWpOQZUVV7CRSEGWNW3FBRcjW_uybDBbCP3NxcwkWx30I2N4UT2E8yK_so1N43dEFk0PJYvxHq4BIE-rpJVpJxgRrreXCfZpN8Z/w556-h370/DSC05360.JPG" width="556" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I read this book..</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="fn" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span dir="ltr">The Unfinished War</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">:</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> </span></span></p><h1 class="booktitle" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="subtitle" style="font-weight: normal;"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Vietnam and the American Conscience</span></span></span></h1><h1 class="booktitle" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Walter+H..+Capps%22" style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #6611cc; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Walter H.. Capps</span></span></a></h1><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span dir="ltr">Beacon Press</span>, 1982</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Veterans of the war..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">it said..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">were damaged further by the lack of a proper welcome home..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">and appreciation for their service..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">and that the folks at home did not want to talk about the war..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">and sought to sweep it under the carpet..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">at the time of writing no memorial..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">had been agreed upon..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">and as such..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I was attempting to respond to this using..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">oil paint on canvas..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">however..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">there is now and has been for many long years..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">a truly great monument in place..</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The black granite wall of names is one of the most familiar media images associated with the war, and after three decades the memorial remains one of the nation's most visited monuments. While the memorial has enjoyed broad acceptance by the American public, its origins were both humble and contentious. A grassroots effort launched by veterans with no funds, the project was completed in three and a half years. But an emotional debate about aesthetics and the interpretation of heroism, patriotism and history nearly doomed the project.</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">anyway..</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I steamed ahead in the studio..</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">with my idea for a series of paintings like the one above..</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There were to be 10 in all..</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">and each one was meant to represent a mood or state..</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); color: #777777; margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; text-align: left;">of a</span><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">merican love or hate or grace..</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">remember pearl harbour..</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">and the american resolve and response..</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">these paintings are not political but emotional..</span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">emotional states of a nation..</span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">anyway..</span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">STATES OF GRACE</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">AMERICAN LANDSCAPE</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">obviously..</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">none of this got anywhere..</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">per usual..</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">still I played </span></span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">around with the idea..</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">for some time..</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy_bcXWuzgVvYhFa759jV69pE8EmFJUHDlfArCOufROnmEJdWDkBu704mY1v1g02b6OZZ7XeN9zglmqgoPYww' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br 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style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">it occurs to me that all the technology on display..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">in the photo above..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">was not available in 1982..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">and will soon be superseded by newer stuff..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">technology becomes obsolete so fast..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">in 40 more years..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">these devices may not exist or be so changed as to make these items..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">laughable..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">the painting though..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">will have aged hardly at all..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;">and the idea will still resonate..</div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/awakening-the-giant-charles-stuart.html" target="_blank">and lastly this url</a></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0.2em 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="subtitle" style="font-size: 15.6px; font-weight: normal;"><span dir="ltr"><br /></span></span></div>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-20679037764834808162023-03-20T03:54:00.005-07:002023-03-20T03:54:58.210-07:00IN THE SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVr0hpRpLOdiS7GmFr-QnYKaGrqYfMQ5JujSy56NDN34zCtcJixegfM498sP5v8W9-OaBvyHUAgpvYfwmZ4JlL99yuYQm47bwh3Xo5PyJRZDURE1kIWLNWBIHZKv558_Z0XSQQ0063tvC4ZWhvC-Br9l38_XCu7g1fsbvSk7mz6o9T7PTogrom30d/s4192/DSC05698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4192" data-original-width="3140" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVr0hpRpLOdiS7GmFr-QnYKaGrqYfMQ5JujSy56NDN34zCtcJixegfM498sP5v8W9-OaBvyHUAgpvYfwmZ4JlL99yuYQm47bwh3Xo5PyJRZDURE1kIWLNWBIHZKv558_Z0XSQQ0063tvC4ZWhvC-Br9l38_XCu7g1fsbvSk7mz6o9T7PTogrom30d/w480-h640/DSC05698.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used to have a big idea..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for a painting..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or for a series of paintings..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">THE MAN IN THE CRIME MASTER'S MASK</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was a series of three large canvases..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">back in 1975..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was still influenced by steve ditko..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and stan lee..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was about shadows..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ventian blind shadows..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at first..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then the 3rd in the series..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">THE MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this was the shadow..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the gun..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a child's painting on a bedroom wall..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the mountains of mourne..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the moonlight coming in through the window..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">causing the shadow of the window frames..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to make a cross..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which falls over the child's art..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like it was the cross hairs..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in a sniper scope..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the series' were always of three paintings..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PARADISE LOST</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this was about..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the loss of youth and dreams..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lost illusions..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it started with..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PUTTING ON DE STIJL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a cliff richard image..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with a drawing of an american car..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from a 'how to draw' book..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a huge pencil drawing the car..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was a tarpaulin..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ripped in half..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">held together by criss-crossed rope..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the universe visible through the tear..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a figure sits on a park bench to one side..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the dawn is coming up over Belfast lough..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this was a dawn after an acid trip..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a coming of age sort of thing..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anyway..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">POINT PANIC</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was the third in that series..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and had the silver surfer..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with his board..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and my old school tie..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a tv screen..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the face of an aircraft carrier guy..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">peering out at you..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a little boy in a camel coat..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is partly visible through another tarpaulin..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with cut outs..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I USED TO THINK BIG</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but now not so much..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">now I work smaller..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but on many more canvases at once..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I never know what they will become when I start them..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but they always do..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">become, that is..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FIGURES IN A SOUK</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">did not start out as an idea..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there was no plan..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did no research..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for images to juxtapose..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just started splashing paint on canvas..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the large blue brush strokes just happen..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">out of the blue..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">nobody saw the tiger coming..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">until it was already there..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><br /><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-6402462152589551642023-03-11T03:59:00.013-08:002023-03-11T07:27:19.669-08:00BOTCH OF THE DAY<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>game over.</b>. innit!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">here in palookaville today..</p><p style="text-align: center;"> the government has scored..</p><p style="text-align: center;">a gigantic and very memorable..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">OWN GOAL</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">everyone here knew that the top faces inna party..</p><p style="text-align: center;">wanted ta..</p><p style="text-align: center;">survive the coming electoral disaster..</p><p style="text-align: center;">by copying hancock an getting on telly..</p><p style="text-align: center;">wi a show o they own..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">THE PARTY PARTY</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">has descended into..</p><p style="text-align: center;">celebrity envy..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it could look like they are trying to take over match of the day..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and trying to get the bbc..</p><p style="text-align: center;">ta kick off the footballers..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an take the top spots fo they selves..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF POLITICS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> could it all started when tony..</p><p style="text-align: center;">went on tv..</p><p style="text-align: center;">as a reward for his stella service..</p><p style="text-align: center;">as the hero of the pandemic..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE EXCESS</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">so now they think they own the sport..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and by kicking out the top presenters..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and taking they jobs..</p><p style="text-align: center;">they can make even more money..</p><p style="text-align: center;">by making us all laugh out load..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">OWN GOAL OF THE CENTURY</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">but now the fat is in the fire..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an the voters are having to chose..</p><p style="text-align: center;">between the spectacularly popular salt and vinegar..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and the spectacularly inept party people..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">IT'S A DIFFICULT CHOICE BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE IT</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">boat loads of people are trying to land here..</p><p style="text-align: center;">an nobody is sure how they will vote..</p><p style="text-align: center;">the royal navy are keeping out of the way..</p><p style="text-align: center;">and the boat owners are getting even richer..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">things are not going according to plan..</p><p style="text-align: center;">some might say that they is no plan..</p><p style="text-align: center;">but trying to take over football from the top..</p><p style="text-align: center;">has brought relegation even more certain..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">OUT OF THEIR DEPTH</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN MAKING</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">this could run and run..</p><p style="text-align: center;">they thought it would all be over..</p><p style="text-align: center;">it is now..</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>peterthepainterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878467321753671134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765499939782114096.post-84323261858726345852023-03-09T04:14:00.001-08:002023-03-09T04:18:07.002-08:00THE OPPOSITE OF HOLLYWOOD<p style="text-align: center;"><i> yo!.. <b>camera shy.</b>. innit!</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlO1eZrwXfd5lG9TKdFpw357Td9x_ZyiGTbHXC40YNAo4-RLakuC9dKifDwQvcdx2BbFgumBfF_ZGemnQiOgJdwSyeZQhHNKFnXWxCpbnH0WaH1G4ixopMVGoPJMVDDptIwPESUXrAhLuDYSXGVkj_kTDo3zoogFVUt-0SBLS_Vo0QDishq_LrWsP5/s3648/DSC05913stamp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlO1eZrwXfd5lG9TKdFpw357Td9x_ZyiGTbHXC40YNAo4-RLakuC9dKifDwQvcdx2BbFgumBfF_ZGemnQiOgJdwSyeZQhHNKFnXWxCpbnH0WaH1G4ixopMVGoPJMVDDptIwPESUXrAhLuDYSXGVkj_kTDo3zoogFVUt-0SBLS_Vo0QDishq_LrWsP5/w502-h640/DSC05913stamp.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here in palookaville..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they ain't much ta photograph..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we don't have access..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ta the great celeb icons..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's not hollywood..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OUTSIDE MY WINDOW THE SNOW BEATS DOWN</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm bored and it's too dark ta paint..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I thought..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would look for something to share..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the global hoard that is my fan base..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is you babe..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">dude, doll, whatever..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A CAMERA OBSCURA ALMOST</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well one Sunday.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">around lunchtime..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after a cappuccino..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at carluccios..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was standing in a dark..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anteroom in the..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> palookville contemporary..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had my camera with me..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a Sony rx 100..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and made a load of shots..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as the door opened..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and joes walked in..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the light did cool stuff..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXu2E4pvAscGxXHHHxMWUHnQUd6am8ZoWa1NoW8TM4By0_h5NmTu91RtpsQ9ZOr7G0geN3IdnMz59Jn5nVginbs66p7RAjmmnLac339XMsJA8AJtwY0EdlXzUTr63_I0l53qSx_29WpHdrYFDMX6mtueue65KK0DSwEkt2D5Lvbv_Hsxc67enyiDQ/s5472/DSC05912misfitsclift.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXu2E4pvAscGxXHHHxMWUHnQUd6am8ZoWa1NoW8TM4By0_h5NmTu91RtpsQ9ZOr7G0geN3IdnMz59Jn5nVginbs66p7RAjmmnLac339XMsJA8AJtwY0EdlXzUTr63_I0l53qSx_29WpHdrYFDMX6mtueue65KK0DSwEkt2D5Lvbv_Hsxc67enyiDQ/w502-h334/DSC05912misfitsclift.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I uploaded the best ones to my..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">saatchiart page..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I played around with them in photoshop..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">adding stills from..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the misfits..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"you can spend a long time in hollywood..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and never see the part they put in movies"..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but the misfits is one of those parts..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anyway..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to put yous all out of your misery..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and save us all a lot of time..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here is a link to that stuff..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="goog_727905291"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/photography/Darkroom/31203/654915/view">https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/photography/Darkroom/31203/654915/view</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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