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Portrait of the mother of a dear petanque chum who is now deceased (him, not his mum). DTC inspired me to show this to AB.
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Theland, he was a lovely bloke who lived in the French village that I frequent in Summer. He was overweight and unhealthy but a good petanque player and a great friend and used to be night watchman for the village wine merchant - we had some lovely evenings sitting under the springy pull-down lamp over the table in the back office, sharing a bottle or two of rose with the local lads. He was an ex plumber. His sister was very slim and attractive and intelligent and sophisticated (not at all like him) - I only met her once, but she did agree with Jean-Luc that the painting was worth the 50 euros he had offered me (so she must have been a good soul like him.)
Thanks for the responses. I'm not an artist (in the painterly sense), just an Sunday painter, and I worked from photos, but I knew Jean-Luc personally and his mum had a good photogenic face. I've been writing for the last two years; it's much harder but I think it's something I will manage to be better at than painting. We'll see!
Thanks, Builder. I used to be a 'musician' but I was rubbish as an instrumenalist and our first (and only) album bombed (see Tony Visocnti's auto-biog). I always respected people who could play instruments (although I always had scorn for the vocalist! I don't know why; I think it was because they felt they were the tops on stage, and they had a natural gift, and I had a rubbish voice.) Do you still blow?
Th and Gn. I'm working on my second novel. I started my first 3 years ago and exhausted myself getting it finished. It was written as a challenge to shades of grey and I wouldn't show it to people now, although it's on Amazon if you know where to look.
My second is a more conventional novel and, unfortunately, I now feel that I have to write something good; in other words I have learnt to spot rubbish when I read it and so I am bogged down in producing 'literature' rather than word-count. I've been at it for two years and it's 80% done, but the end of the plot needs to be resolved and the rest of it needs to be transformed from pedestrian plonking to something gripping but not self-indulgent or high-faluting - in other words the text needs to become invisible because well-written. Cliches are to be avoided, designer brand references likewise: oh god, I can't go on, I'm sure you'll see what I mean.e.
My second is a more conventional novel and, unfortunately, I now feel that I have to write something good; in other words I have learnt to spot rubbish when I read it and so I am bogged down in producing 'literature' rather than word-count. I've been at it for two years and it's 80% done, but the end of the plot needs to be resolved and the rest of it needs to be transformed from pedestrian plonking to something gripping but not self-indulgent or high-faluting - in other words the text needs to become invisible because well-written. Cliches are to be avoided, designer brand references likewise: oh god, I can't go on, I'm sure you'll see what I mean.e.
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Sorry, Theland, I meant to post this earlier. Just a copy. I did a few Vermeers and this is one.
Sorry, Theland, I meant to post this earlier. Just a copy. I did a few Vermeers and this is one.
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