tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65733374891963366312024-02-19T05:28:47.504+00:00The Gentle LemurA Blog that is nothing to do with Gentle Lemurs....
It's merely an excuse for me to share some of my creative works.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-73309642668370093732009-09-10T20:51:00.002+01:002009-09-10T20:51:00.334+01:00Callanish Stones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78FVjV65oRD55OTCunHXMt5QITHvOuh7cY1U3oHria9RTGtn0Il0WL_7ETyypcCg2bpcCctwyCHZxZKKpjYINtEntMKJPGcigk1g9G5c6iAk98aCaDSyTr6hKEYT_ddcVNAUFiq2Jr_I/s1600-h/callanish+I+cje.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78FVjV65oRD55OTCunHXMt5QITHvOuh7cY1U3oHria9RTGtn0Il0WL_7ETyypcCg2bpcCctwyCHZxZKKpjYINtEntMKJPGcigk1g9G5c6iAk98aCaDSyTr6hKEYT_ddcVNAUFiq2Jr_I/s400/callanish+I+cje.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374363092410919826" /></a><br /><br />A watercolour from one of my own photos. I love the atmosphere of the Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis and this was my attempt to capture it.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-68002430640809519602009-09-08T20:46:00.003+01:002009-09-08T20:46:00.305+01:00Rosberg<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGN43yGLjFwzwez8pwnEqtOwND7IZ2YAIbM-FNz3E_4L600xgekEH5IxNAuDLb0RAVA2If6R2bPbQ6uzFKtMcprvKTho3xtyxLf4SwWTX3JzvIdinPMhnhVupYqyMJLH4ZgOy2OosV74/s1600-h/rosberg.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGN43yGLjFwzwez8pwnEqtOwND7IZ2YAIbM-FNz3E_4L600xgekEH5IxNAuDLb0RAVA2If6R2bPbQ6uzFKtMcprvKTho3xtyxLf4SwWTX3JzvIdinPMhnhVupYqyMJLH4ZgOy2OosV74/s400/rosberg.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374362093395963522" /></a><br />Pen and crayon - 1988<br />I have done many Formula One pictures, in various media, over the years. But this is one of my all-time favourites - Keke Rosberg the Formula One World Champion of 1982.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-50239798365689464532009-09-06T20:25:00.000+01:002009-09-06T20:25:00.398+01:00Birch bark <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNotH76NZUOs_FaoUzYzNrj_MTkmNB6obeUoDHPf92yK8iERKkmrMaezoQdwU43a3GKW9otdzwf7arKtj0roBrE7EbOBrNUeJ0r_20j3e5_dpj9zTO7V25LunQC8cVPvoxpjF-jAzmRM/s1600-h/birch+bark.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNotH76NZUOs_FaoUzYzNrj_MTkmNB6obeUoDHPf92yK8iERKkmrMaezoQdwU43a3GKW9otdzwf7arKtj0roBrE7EbOBrNUeJ0r_20j3e5_dpj9zTO7V25LunQC8cVPvoxpjF-jAzmRM/s400/birch+bark.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374356262885550642" /></a>The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-26927441981265157462009-09-03T20:29:00.001+01:002009-09-03T20:29:00.288+01:00Tchaikovsky <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyUrbIyS2xgtRLYXVTAvLkKP9FxKNIc_Pxzq8GIozXtAgmCutO-pE4-F8S7MpP0fgRHxt-BBRABRLaPHAtwr0tImLfacI7TMltT_OS0PlssXQcYFGMgVLX9a7izGVAeoNnbWiIXK8yvM/s1600-h/arttchaikovsky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyUrbIyS2xgtRLYXVTAvLkKP9FxKNIc_Pxzq8GIozXtAgmCutO-pE4-F8S7MpP0fgRHxt-BBRABRLaPHAtwr0tImLfacI7TMltT_OS0PlssXQcYFGMgVLX9a7izGVAeoNnbWiIXK8yvM/s400/arttchaikovsky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374357244096355442" /></a><br />Pencil, pastel and oil pastelThe Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-8755494392927652862009-08-31T20:23:00.000+01:002009-08-31T20:23:00.842+01:00Biblical scene<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7mQz-jE310kAhpUglilDI0yAmKdwLA_em-6Jxt_4sUiNCbkevc8rHPrOH2kvJva7ZVEg-yAHH9ptF2a9XShNc4tb3dasUqeXdm_SeaPgw54r3uHT_IsfIScR9WKfNSdYtPvV_t90x_4/s1600-h/israelites.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7mQz-jE310kAhpUglilDI0yAmKdwLA_em-6Jxt_4sUiNCbkevc8rHPrOH2kvJva7ZVEg-yAHH9ptF2a9XShNc4tb3dasUqeXdm_SeaPgw54r3uHT_IsfIScR9WKfNSdYtPvV_t90x_4/s400/israelites.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374355681733290642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4dntpYabEeVYB8FZIFN83tC9o95SLQ6ZDR9bEFVLveZiJOZA5No_-FSOJmt4Q3_8bhAbLp0qbFUerL588aLIWgov0wqICWgS9fhIwKrmlXuiMKDyXJDbwxvxSU0-Liedh0c7GpZK8hc/s1600-h/artisdet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 359px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4dntpYabEeVYB8FZIFN83tC9o95SLQ6ZDR9bEFVLveZiJOZA5No_-FSOJmt4Q3_8bhAbLp0qbFUerL588aLIWgov0wqICWgS9fhIwKrmlXuiMKDyXJDbwxvxSU0-Liedh0c7GpZK8hc/s400/artisdet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374355674498487874" /></a><br /> <br /><br />Pencil and charcoalThe Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-65867450044524714062009-08-28T20:19:00.002+01:002009-08-28T20:19:00.636+01:00Kathe Kolkowitz <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXDdm2x4Ajzm5QZpc31i61zHfd6I0jfR_vInvWAas2l3vz7ffWxOAxOQRuwf9glpLYL2AzaUNKCJEOyvtRPwRv6acVaH2aFUChFZMozF5vQghTFHqs5HC38_voCmbHn-7SCWecFa-F10/s1600-h/kathe.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXDdm2x4Ajzm5QZpc31i61zHfd6I0jfR_vInvWAas2l3vz7ffWxOAxOQRuwf9glpLYL2AzaUNKCJEOyvtRPwRv6acVaH2aFUChFZMozF5vQghTFHqs5HC38_voCmbHn-7SCWecFa-F10/s400/kathe.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374354661322546802" /></a><br /><br />Charcoal drawing<br />A copy of Kathe Kolkowitz's self-portrait. Kathe Kollwitz's imagery is marked by poverty stricken, sickly women who are barely able to care for or nourish their children.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-89652528078881028302009-08-26T20:13:00.003+01:002009-08-26T20:15:42.818+01:00Bridges <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgxfMshyphenhyphen80MUbM6lI8iqTR6Uy28ixkoYDWzG-JqrzkOGPvpbkmLtYHpoPucieuxXlCYUr5r7SxK2WbjAoh-nS4XABxShK8AfW21e_U5nQ4GLkLCMfBUipDWFNPpcRotCHzVIDbRhNZM4/s1600-h/artbridge1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgxfMshyphenhyphen80MUbM6lI8iqTR6Uy28ixkoYDWzG-JqrzkOGPvpbkmLtYHpoPucieuxXlCYUr5r7SxK2WbjAoh-nS4XABxShK8AfW21e_U5nQ4GLkLCMfBUipDWFNPpcRotCHzVIDbRhNZM4/s400/artbridge1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374353123507219074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAHRzFYsv1-dAUhtmwYNER4OGDjlh8a3oJ4qEU6P0FY26rixUpSPYFCZlS-gXzMcT5gDBGok6go8XV3Q50b5wgGGjNoKrHpN1LvwL5sU2S8g2goqX2eaECW7SdqcBa8SejC7NS9KKXUQ/s1600-h/artbridge2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAHRzFYsv1-dAUhtmwYNER4OGDjlh8a3oJ4qEU6P0FY26rixUpSPYFCZlS-gXzMcT5gDBGok6go8XV3Q50b5wgGGjNoKrHpN1LvwL5sU2S8g2goqX2eaECW7SdqcBa8SejC7NS9KKXUQ/s400/artbridge2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374352998311252290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68pe449hUWDavKx7FW4WVNNs6GqmCeIU9FweJ3za6DOelbtg0y1ctrxwyMKVZJlv0zI2jhBS5TgZVcM_iPLA-P_flBDcoZvmIJbnbgHovaVsy55DektjSoKaXbpiBicQM_Il6FiBdLbA/s1600-h/artbridge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68pe449hUWDavKx7FW4WVNNs6GqmCeIU9FweJ3za6DOelbtg0y1ctrxwyMKVZJlv0zI2jhBS5TgZVcM_iPLA-P_flBDcoZvmIJbnbgHovaVsy55DektjSoKaXbpiBicQM_Il6FiBdLbA/s400/artbridge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374352988143822306" /></a><br />As with barns, I have drawn many dozens of bridges in pencil over the years. They, butterflies and trees are my favourite subjects. They have been the subject of many 'doodles' during meetings at work. I wonder what an art therapist would make of that. <br /><br />Of these survivors at least one, the top one, and possibly the second, were drawn during Council committee meetings. Unusual though it may sound they did actually help me to pay attention to the proceedings. I doubt I ever went to a single meeting without doodling at least one butterfly somewhere on my papers.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-83430512557022483852009-07-14T05:48:00.000+01:002009-07-14T05:49:52.914+01:00John Denver<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJXjlIzzUs0xB4TI8LPU8ddMkoNdqc2CpxZf4aGgc5WDZVQHi8EkXaXFN0Iy2l1u3C1VZdUCTPBlW2Mh0v1vVqAsFHiQNV_6LzXEmdyTMBBBmFXuu6ysRQu0IoNQxb48ofqLCTXMZcCo/s1600-h/artdenver.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJXjlIzzUs0xB4TI8LPU8ddMkoNdqc2CpxZf4aGgc5WDZVQHi8EkXaXFN0Iy2l1u3C1VZdUCTPBlW2Mh0v1vVqAsFHiQNV_6LzXEmdyTMBBBmFXuu6ysRQu0IoNQxb48ofqLCTXMZcCo/s400/artdenver.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358173488380898850" /></a><br />John Denver<br />Pencil, charcoal and pastel<br />January 1996The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-53356501775355199562009-07-14T05:45:00.002+01:002009-07-14T05:46:26.702+01:00Coprinus fungi<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkk88tU70jml5LJF-P5xqvnAoxaD3fZengwUW3Pij6uerhcSxNEegpqk77Fja7a_sMRWepfCf_eshyphenhyphenAALcl48dgFTttF5sDESVQMrg1LCZy2qUOfDdWRJn2XnwB8NbDUxxiMSJPikK7U/s1600-h/artcoprinus.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkk88tU70jml5LJF-P5xqvnAoxaD3fZengwUW3Pij6uerhcSxNEegpqk77Fja7a_sMRWepfCf_eshyphenhyphenAALcl48dgFTttF5sDESVQMrg1LCZy2qUOfDdWRJn2XnwB8NbDUxxiMSJPikK7U/s400/artcoprinus.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358172507399613618" /></a><br /><br />Pencil sketchThe Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-27143413938527640722009-07-14T05:43:00.002+01:002009-07-14T05:44:53.244+01:00Poppy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7ngEf5IYbEO3l47j2_oQ0dEXvMGh9QDiMJgjooCU8HUEmBrBC2Ij6ZJx65wOCAUkwZbKkyB34iIPiLsoKsd-OcdMjxgUCqp0XeqFwk6s363PpZCPXHbcHbGCrnhw8Z0AiDxkT_RFKzs/s1600-h/85+poppy+a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 155px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7ngEf5IYbEO3l47j2_oQ0dEXvMGh9QDiMJgjooCU8HUEmBrBC2Ij6ZJx65wOCAUkwZbKkyB34iIPiLsoKsd-OcdMjxgUCqp0XeqFwk6s363PpZCPXHbcHbGCrnhw8Z0AiDxkT_RFKzs/s400/85+poppy+a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358172014144852738" /></a><br />After Marjorie Blamey, the queen of flower artists.<br />Pen and crayon - 3rd September 1985The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-10490396985546076812009-02-16T00:12:00.003+00:002009-02-16T00:12:01.234+00:00Augustus John<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lO8qUe55IrlVvYHjEdvViczItjdcyQh3bTnfUyvzMRLn4ULoqv5j9-L2Ly9OUGd4Pzg6RxwGPyTWbwRJvD5ttJHtSE0yUCeZsfAhWlsBiSySOk-zv1VqwRcKcJalh2YAHB_H2hpeabw/s1600-h/augusrus.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lO8qUe55IrlVvYHjEdvViczItjdcyQh3bTnfUyvzMRLn4ULoqv5j9-L2Ly9OUGd4Pzg6RxwGPyTWbwRJvD5ttJHtSE0yUCeZsfAhWlsBiSySOk-zv1VqwRcKcJalh2YAHB_H2hpeabw/s400/augusrus.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301117760131362114" /></a><br /><br />A mixed media - charcoal, pastel and pencil - drawn in Jan 1994.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-81084420565278986332009-02-13T00:55:00.000+00:002009-02-13T00:55:01.271+00:00Morse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuw4cflszzksBWsz3htLs_JN3e84rvNuqoCs93xXEKTXrnP1sqNu2FCLNKcjsCbpKtMMUoLGxKE2IDmCGBweG_sTU80pWvKAZRMIY2PUkEs9yhrKuMkshK2sI9U3hoa0DZCBQp3NzqB8k/s1600-h/artmorse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuw4cflszzksBWsz3htLs_JN3e84rvNuqoCs93xXEKTXrnP1sqNu2FCLNKcjsCbpKtMMUoLGxKE2IDmCGBweG_sTU80pWvKAZRMIY2PUkEs9yhrKuMkshK2sI9U3hoa0DZCBQp3NzqB8k/s400/artmorse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301109425850911378" /></a><br />Morse (John Thaw) had a most distinctive face and I was delighted with the way this pastel of him turned out when I attempted it in January 1995. I'm not sure now but it looks like a mixture of oil pastel and chalk pastel.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-41158442046992610822009-02-10T09:49:00.002+00:002009-02-10T09:52:22.963+00:00Head in Hands<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5fPw4Y-EwtE2D0drxQfR1G9DzFdzANdEYxN7lICurKRW1wXQ_vEj7DvCEritrMj95OwZbYWBxoOXdGbdc8xHMuVB_7hqq-1o_Yxgcx_nt3Fcelwg0C0z90i35VvVWyDWMMVBPqOdApc/s1600-h/arthead.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 337px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM5fPw4Y-EwtE2D0drxQfR1G9DzFdzANdEYxN7lICurKRW1wXQ_vEj7DvCEritrMj95OwZbYWBxoOXdGbdc8xHMuVB_7hqq-1o_Yxgcx_nt3Fcelwg0C0z90i35VvVWyDWMMVBPqOdApc/s400/arthead.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301104279344321250" /></a><br />Pastel January 1993 (9" x 9")<br />I had much admired this 1992 calendar picture by Nicola Burns wjen it hung in a colleague's office and he was kind enough to remember to give it to me when the year ended. I lost no time in copying it. Because her pastel strokes are so bold and the colours so exaggerated it was comparatively easy to attempt though I would not say it matched up to Nicola Burns' original.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-38669544119851732422009-01-30T02:35:00.000+00:002009-01-30T02:35:00.308+00:00Nikki Lauda<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pP0z74hDimLKWjEG_13R8mCTMb2bTJ40NE7_YZJynCaLHYZa3O4vnnNnpXAXiQMtkGqsPzIswgVvgT5KZGOMETX7rjk1NBzLo5p0rMS0L2zCRuJqaijb1uvAdAZbmYiRnql_3TPPhNQ/s1600-h/artlauda.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pP0z74hDimLKWjEG_13R8mCTMb2bTJ40NE7_YZJynCaLHYZa3O4vnnNnpXAXiQMtkGqsPzIswgVvgT5KZGOMETX7rjk1NBzLo5p0rMS0L2zCRuJqaijb1uvAdAZbmYiRnql_3TPPhNQ/s400/artlauda.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293942657209185698" /></a><br />At the end of the 1980s I did a series in pen and felt tip of all the Formula One Champions to date; one for each year - a set of about 40.. This was Nikki Lauda's first World Championship year - 1975.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-50145293606779933352009-01-28T02:33:00.000+00:002009-01-28T02:33:00.217+00:00Kingfisher<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPt0j6-o0zCYnAF5kbjWHKct5-cErJT5S6u1ilbRUvlyN5OipvtUq-2sp75Ot8qXVJjLwqfwf1IDDixMBG814ddkn2qYUK0Hp9JqrpJJM_9lsROxH0gxXxOg3U1aLelSWBRUvwXK3wO-c/s1600-h/artkingfisher.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPt0j6-o0zCYnAF5kbjWHKct5-cErJT5S6u1ilbRUvlyN5OipvtUq-2sp75Ot8qXVJjLwqfwf1IDDixMBG814ddkn2qYUK0Hp9JqrpJJM_9lsROxH0gxXxOg3U1aLelSWBRUvwXK3wO-c/s400/artkingfisher.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293940720148395106" /></a><br />Pen and coloured pencil, date unknownThe Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-89711882572511344162009-01-26T02:27:00.000+00:002009-01-26T02:27:00.808+00:00Eagle Crag<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcET2B4sVcQ0PDEHgUpmiN4_1IZOQ5umzbqqDodigBl9r0tXtXW3QhGiJEbt1_vZfE-fHbBSSuLV_MjwsM0V3ucDicFEhRodOhDaNZf6EZ9ne1PIZExZ4ytcr7M0zLimn-civLzaHGNg/s1600-h/arteaglecrag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcET2B4sVcQ0PDEHgUpmiN4_1IZOQ5umzbqqDodigBl9r0tXtXW3QhGiJEbt1_vZfE-fHbBSSuLV_MjwsM0V3ucDicFEhRodOhDaNZf6EZ9ne1PIZExZ4ytcr7M0zLimn-civLzaHGNg/s400/arteaglecrag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293939493987723506" /></a><br />A pencil sketch of Eagle Crag in the Lake District, 1993.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-62927766852813553572009-01-24T02:25:00.000+00:002009-01-24T02:25:00.542+00:00NureyevRudolf Nureyev's foot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bJG_j-AJe8GseylANEkz4ZeA7pyokgF_Wsd5ULlTdhRPLnZalnWudhcBchaCqGmtzyuFJYfP8jqbhIpSV3uPMl8uLFWQIfFhAc9c1yV3Jtb2e_ZiWtP53H7hMEWGgVs7qJSHKfiuCrI/s1600-h/artfoot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bJG_j-AJe8GseylANEkz4ZeA7pyokgF_Wsd5ULlTdhRPLnZalnWudhcBchaCqGmtzyuFJYfP8jqbhIpSV3uPMl8uLFWQIfFhAc9c1yV3Jtb2e_ZiWtP53H7hMEWGgVs7qJSHKfiuCrI/s400/artfoot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293938676205709858" /></a><br />Coloured pencil.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-18835172134816388082009-01-22T02:22:00.002+00:002009-01-22T02:25:03.118+00:00Bridges<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PREOjaW_kuYZ0UPLLVAYvdRErXS-VmjWnuWPvqALmFOnAd3iv8tFweMKCp-VvjuZKJjAQ1TNoefm4LZmPz-0VoSLTPOpzZrYeMcV4OdphvPpd2a87MfRnUnMnbrkusE2SkAplZD_RGQ/s1600-h/artbridge2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PREOjaW_kuYZ0UPLLVAYvdRErXS-VmjWnuWPvqALmFOnAd3iv8tFweMKCp-VvjuZKJjAQ1TNoefm4LZmPz-0VoSLTPOpzZrYeMcV4OdphvPpd2a87MfRnUnMnbrkusE2SkAplZD_RGQ/s400/artbridge2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293938331976940626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVZIl18-DZQWaBhQEtfAw6YGg7QuCacF49qor5XRZkq8rllgXnfFqnUt4thq45bZ8_pIg_sRIo5i36boNK-edgeY1gLQNdlDCbdg6ASvBebrHrWvKLzvjA5qGxaj4rJRLGfCJAitoA7o/s1600-h/artbridge1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVZIl18-DZQWaBhQEtfAw6YGg7QuCacF49qor5XRZkq8rllgXnfFqnUt4thq45bZ8_pIg_sRIo5i36boNK-edgeY1gLQNdlDCbdg6ASvBebrHrWvKLzvjA5qGxaj4rJRLGfCJAitoA7o/s400/artbridge1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293938331070193426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7K3D2e_8PqfUJ_iR1UH7DB-kJ_DCffG885krCWmmMgbW9aN06CtOH4GY6_j5yqpapj_-pskz97arSgImdE76JQvs6BJffpk6-b36TsvB0MkwwMJH-NOIpSjtBjLCGXQDXsSs6YRiSdlw/s1600-h/artbridge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7K3D2e_8PqfUJ_iR1UH7DB-kJ_DCffG885krCWmmMgbW9aN06CtOH4GY6_j5yqpapj_-pskz97arSgImdE76JQvs6BJffpk6-b36TsvB0MkwwMJH-NOIpSjtBjLCGXQDXsSs6YRiSdlw/s400/artbridge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293938324226240162" /></a><br />Some pencil sketches from around 1989The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-32721113269906927292009-01-17T04:39:00.001+00:002009-01-17T04:39:00.627+00:00Some Chap<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREJQ5_trRgZC2BpwJFNyK7mQNEfzslub5B9mXcnti1Oklg98TgUPzOSH3GG8oagko3uwdFqtZmYp-uMMsjOlIFgKYvly_3JpYB5D41iX-RunOJm-ayghCBlatJt2FHR4JQn0JKMIdC-M/s1600-h/cje+cartoonsm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:right;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREJQ5_trRgZC2BpwJFNyK7mQNEfzslub5B9mXcnti1Oklg98TgUPzOSH3GG8oagko3uwdFqtZmYp-uMMsjOlIFgKYvly_3JpYB5D41iX-RunOJm-ayghCBlatJt2FHR4JQn0JKMIdC-M/s400/cje+cartoonsm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283212317642273026" /></a><br />One of those chaps who stands outside my cage every now and then!The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-87374980793822455932009-01-15T04:19:00.000+00:002009-01-15T04:19:00.459+00:00My Partner<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjam-85dS1sRUiE9Eo7Zi6mdW2SLWU7O__3dSOa02lgWAWO9ABlF-qSVbR6p0TlmlvryGz_QnK5FJUf787coTidByuzbAdV2GNCBOkrMbYe_qR7S8TvJSwVfEqBKS3eBEzuvAxj-dLW9ww/s1600-h/gentle+lemur+2912069.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjam-85dS1sRUiE9Eo7Zi6mdW2SLWU7O__3dSOa02lgWAWO9ABlF-qSVbR6p0TlmlvryGz_QnK5FJUf787coTidByuzbAdV2GNCBOkrMbYe_qR7S8TvJSwVfEqBKS3eBEzuvAxj-dLW9ww/s400/gentle+lemur+2912069.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283206947323509090" /></a><br /><br />Don't you just love those eyes?<br />Gentle Lemur <em>Hapalemur griseus</em>The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-71465099190325978292009-01-04T04:33:00.000+00:002009-01-04T04:33:00.443+00:00Canon Rawnsley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWQgx01Kib9EQr3_dZ7wCjdicsGSvgsGb8cnXwPEQw8d9_plRcqoo00Qoa1TXfzUpFhSoQgPH4c66vuUt2l4VvlsVLRGPCwb0IcDEVu5UrY0jfavks1rxNnvUMSZHASXOafwAN8OdZpI/s1600-h/artrawnsley1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWQgx01Kib9EQr3_dZ7wCjdicsGSvgsGb8cnXwPEQw8d9_plRcqoo00Qoa1TXfzUpFhSoQgPH4c66vuUt2l4VvlsVLRGPCwb0IcDEVu5UrY0jfavks1rxNnvUMSZHASXOafwAN8OdZpI/s400/artrawnsley1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283210518058117426" /></a><br /><br />I have been fascinated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwicke_Rawnsley">Canon Rawnsley </a>since I was a child. At college I wrote a lengthy dissertation about him and researched a bibliography. Since he was a prolific writer that was quite some job. In addition to many books he was constantly writing to The Times and other newspapers and he was one of the most prolific sonnet writers in history, creating around 30,000 of them. (The fact that most of them were appalling is irrelevant.) I had a couple of mini-biographies of him published in magazines like the Lakeland Rmbler. I was delighted when, in the late 1960s, I came across a poster size picture of him and for many years it hung on my walls. This sketch was done from that poster.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-73695906437533440102009-01-02T03:34:00.003+00:002009-01-02T03:34:01.144+00:00Blue Irises<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFv_AcZeKceFX5Unkm_4HN2RGVY73HGlVYJKa7f66SCyXZL58bZjmBS9q7PIaB_FlZfHSssw5zWqsu3WUoZbTnAa0sErIVhuDYTQBgOd2Py6TWPOEHrlAVbMbRCzunztoEM_XP2lSW70A/s1600-h/artiris1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFv_AcZeKceFX5Unkm_4HN2RGVY73HGlVYJKa7f66SCyXZL58bZjmBS9q7PIaB_FlZfHSssw5zWqsu3WUoZbTnAa0sErIVhuDYTQBgOd2Py6TWPOEHrlAVbMbRCzunztoEM_XP2lSW70A/s400/artiris1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283195826828978322" /></a><br />Pastel November 1995 (9" x 7") <br />Not directly copied but the idea for a series of Iris pastels that I did came from a painting by Linda Fay Powell. Like many of my works they appear unsigned because they have at some stage been cropped to fit a picture frame.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6kZW70K3mOKa1WR_whyZ5BwX_s8W8vkv7BPjoZbASjet-gHxEot3RXZCm9mA1pBje4cxN-3mWaMKvFMFgN9SGmZkEXGtTiz_CSkmlZ3Z7z5RgqKy0FY5OHuEidMxGZBLkXiTVyX6SKo/s1600-h/cje+irises.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6kZW70K3mOKa1WR_whyZ5BwX_s8W8vkv7BPjoZbASjet-gHxEot3RXZCm9mA1pBje4cxN-3mWaMKvFMFgN9SGmZkEXGtTiz_CSkmlZ3Z7z5RgqKy0FY5OHuEidMxGZBLkXiTVyX6SKo/s400/cje+irises.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283213411215543042" /></a>The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-9445563228218379752008-12-31T03:32:00.000+00:002008-12-31T03:32:01.304+00:00John Denver<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzToEKWuWI2c1j1tQuAOiCsZWkNUxx5TWyGUWkp8eicVr3lwRpNV1SPGuiIt6QX4aeOO30hsOqMvkJDSnasTOfqQwihDslvl1mNBOJWHNVUxtoGs4Gv-9zEQid8T5H8P5jfyZLWonJlG0/s1600-h/artdenver.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzToEKWuWI2c1j1tQuAOiCsZWkNUxx5TWyGUWkp8eicVr3lwRpNV1SPGuiIt6QX4aeOO30hsOqMvkJDSnasTOfqQwihDslvl1mNBOJWHNVUxtoGs4Gv-9zEQid8T5H8P5jfyZLWonJlG0/s400/artdenver.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283194359684309794" /></a><br />Charcoal, January 1996<br />From a photograph on a record sleeve.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-89694531284370749482008-12-29T00:28:00.000+00:002008-12-29T00:28:01.131+00:00Coprinus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGsN-yc3TNuftQ0KGhiUOzLUBXkj0xRaKNaUl38xzoZFSETB5v0fGthYteHLpgVG63ZsOrC7Nikam6Xnmpa_uI9_DnuVoo8Km-vzZVScXDiP0yRASxtQNh63Ou-mT8rp0BkvOTOe8C2I/s1600-h/artcoprinus.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGsN-yc3TNuftQ0KGhiUOzLUBXkj0xRaKNaUl38xzoZFSETB5v0fGthYteHLpgVG63ZsOrC7Nikam6Xnmpa_uI9_DnuVoo8Km-vzZVScXDiP0yRASxtQNh63Ou-mT8rp0BkvOTOe8C2I/s400/artcoprinus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283193826731784978" /></a><br />A pencil sketch of some <em>Coprinus</em> toadstools at the pavement's edge. Date unknown.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573337489196336631.post-36367558027273403512008-12-27T00:53:00.001+00:002008-12-27T00:53:00.249+00:00Painted Pebbles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VJQOP7NsMb2zzulxKj43xz5S9NB4sQypwhyphenhyphenTT2DlBqKTD6ge1ElXxPMJpAkeLgyQ8s-3siRhWfdY1HTD86-jf5KuKVYijSpSs0KDFJmrsNXwbicpKPk7PxUqsfa3C_PT5793ixQX4Jk/s1600-h/231208_stones.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VJQOP7NsMb2zzulxKj43xz5S9NB4sQypwhyphenhyphenTT2DlBqKTD6ge1ElXxPMJpAkeLgyQ8s-3siRhWfdY1HTD86-jf5KuKVYijSpSs0KDFJmrsNXwbicpKPk7PxUqsfa3C_PT5793ixQX4Jk/s400/231208_stones.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283697697598573074" /></a><br />I first painted pebbles in the 1970s. After a gap of about twenty years I did some more and, for a brief spell, sold them as part of a craft business that my wife and I set up. Then the supply of pebbles ran out because we don't have any shingle beaches locally.<br />These three are all that remain of all the ones that I did. They survived because I gave them to Mum and then inherited them again when she died. They depict a Puffin; her favourite butterfly - a Camberwell Beauty (not that she ever saw one); and her favourite duck - the Ruddy Duck with its bright blue beak - one of which lived on one of the Cheshire ponds that she and Dad used to sit by in their car.The Gentle Lemurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309320473833928704noreply@blogger.com1