17/7/14 - Two more pictures finished this month, I've a bit more time on my hands now that my watercolour class is on a summer break. The first is a scene from the classic and probably the best Western ever made, The Wild Bunch, a black and white acrylic painting featuring our four anti-heroes, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine marching into town for the final showdown. The second piece is again an acrylic painting of two black Labrador heads.

9/7/14 - Well after being backwards and forwards to hospital I can now catch up here a bit. Two larger pieces have been completed, one in acrylic and the other in pencil and graphite. The first is a picture of the knockout punch by Carl Froch in his rematch against George Groves and as a follower of boxing I can safely say I have never seen a more telling punch at such a stage of a fight, definitely one for the archives. The second piece is another pencil drawing, again influenced by the amazing artist Laurie Lipton, showing a photo shot of some of the type of people around at the time when Great Britain was still flexing its muscle and taking over less fortunate countries, it's called 'Death of the Empire', it doesn't necessarily mean 'the death of the British Empire' it is more broader than that and could be interpreted as the end of a government (always a sign for celebration) or the end of anything really that was supposed to mean something to someone, I'm sure most people can relate to the 'ending' feeling of one thing or another. I've also been getting some of my work printed up professionally and I can highly recommend THE IMAGE CENTRE in Whitby, a smashing bloke, very easy to do business with and has stuff ready when he says he will, I'm over the moon with the work he's done for me. I know its a long way to Whitby but with me its any excuse to go for a day out bumbling along the sea front with a lemon top, can't beat it.