THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 31 : School

 bring back my glen-bott to me..

it's 1980..

and the artist has had his job made redundant..

instead of looking for a new one..

he paints this..

his latest idea..

of himself..

BRING BACK THE BOSTON RAG

another gentleman loser..

he longs to be back in school..

it's a girl thing..

maybe..

they say you can take the boy out of school..

but not the school out of the boy..

he is trapped in his past and all those moments..

LOST IN WONDER

that he'll never find again..

in the above painting..

it's 1965/66/67/68..

he is obsessed with American comic books..

and girls..

he is growing up with an alter ego..

a secret identity..

and there is no-one he can tell..

on the outside he is this milk toast..

panty waist..

on the inside there is..

    THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

in the picture above..

you can see the spidey sense half face half spidey mask..

this is the way he communicates..

with marvel comics character images..

the London art establishment won't ever geddit..

but why let facts get in the way of a good story..

he tells himself. they will all come around..

he hopes to at least get a job in the bull pen..

drawing comics..

he hasn't looked up yet and seen the..

sistine chapel ceiling..

but he will..

BORN BACK CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST

he paints himself in his school uniform..

in the old school classroom..

with the old school radiators and glass panel doors..

a girl walks past without looking in..

she cannot see him..

the other boys look on..

and laugh..

but they are just boys..

they cannot see the developing artist..

they don't get that kind of education..

they are not one of us..

the believers..

BRING BACK MY GLEN-BOTT TO ME

yo!.. old school tie... innit!

1965 

Lonnie was the kingpin
Back in nineteen sixty-five
I was singing this song
When Lonnie came alive

 

Bring back the Boston Rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston Rag

 

 

 

I was 13 years old..

 

I was captain america..

 

collecting marvel comics..

 

discovered steve ditko and stan and jack..

 

caught 33 brown trout in the river in carrick-on-suir..

 

 

THE WAY WE WERE

 

 The Mary Quant designed Mini Skirt appears in London..

and will be the fashion statement of the Sixties 

One of most popular films "Sound of Music" released

The Beatles Release The Movie and Album Help!

The Beatles Play Live Concert Shea Stadium

The Grateful Dead with Lead guitarist Jerry Garcia..

play their first concert, in San Francisco 

 

        

Cost of Living 1965

Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.59%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 5.0%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 969
Average Cost of new house $13,600.00
Average Income per year $6,450.00
Gas per Gallon 31 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,650.00
Loaf of bread 21 cents
Average Rent per month $118,00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling
Average House Price 3,660
Gallon of Petrol 5 shillings or 26 new pence
E-type Jaguar 1867

BRUIN WAS SPIDEY : DOCILE WAS IRON MAN

always a sucker for a story..

I am a dustbin..

I take it all in..

 

margaret glen-bott..

 

was the name of our school..

 

 

   oil on canvas 60 x 96 inches 1980

rejected for john moores painting prize exhibition

as you can see..

it's all about coming of age..

this is not the only time I have used this ditko figure..

I SAW THE FIGURE FIVE IN GOLD

 

 

 

there is a gallery here 

COMING UP

watch with mother..

madonna de milo..

quatrefoyle's are us..