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Merry Christmas!

Hello Colin ,

I spoke to Moira on Thursday morning and she mentioned you. I explained I am in the middle of getting to grips with some new programs , one of which is a mail card program. As you can see I haven't progressed very far! Time is running out so I am resorting to email instead.

Hopefully next year I shall keep in touch better and use a proper card to update people about my work. I am hoping to balance a bit of social life with my paintings which I am selling for IRCC Ukraine Fund. I shall be applying to join the RGAC again and will try my best to get down more often.

Meanwhile Susan & I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year for 2023.

The painting is an original titled "Wastwater Late Spring", acrylic on 20in x 16in canvas 2022

Kindest Regards

Please feel free to circulate it if you wish. There may still be a few at RGAC that remember me.
Alan & Susan

p.s. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but an email I received "from you" a few days ago had some dodgy looking text & link which suggests your email may have been hacked. I thought you would want to know.

"Spanish Harbour Sunset", oil on canvas, 2014

The blog seems to have been overhauled so I shall continue to post on it for the moment but still retaining Facebook as the main outlet for my work & thoughts.

This post is another from the vaults called "Spanish Harbour Sunset #2", oil on canvas, 2014. It was an attempt to catch the colours of a peaceful harbour at sunset. I personally find the colours very soothing and created it in a semi abstract manner which I think suited the subject.

I have other works on my Etsy UK shop.

MAIN BLOG Now RELOCATED to Facebook

 There have been some technical problems with this blogsite so to be on the safe side the main content of this blog has been relocated to Facebook . There has also been a doubt as to whether Blogger will go the way of Google Plus and be terminated at relatively short notice as was the case with thousands of Google Plus communities.

Also it has proved difficult to be able to post a working link from other social media platforms to this blog.

However out of loyalty to Blogger I shall continue to post here periodically pending such an occurence. I have also left all the historic blog content of Curly Bob's adventures available for as long as this works.

Meanwhile to celebrate the opening of my remodelled Etsy UK site here is "Ferme Provencale", an oil on canvas from 2014

Exhibition Cancelled !!!

As you will know after 3 months of painting and 4 months of Social Networking my exhibition opened on Sat 14 March with 23 paintings of my paintings on show. The morning I was "in residence" went well and quickly. Most of the time was spent finishing off my display and cleaning the common surfaces in the gallery.

It was booked  over 6 months ago but on the opening day I was of the view that it might not run its full 4 week cycle due to the spread of Coronavirus. Sadly I was told on Monday 16th March that Eccles Community Art Gallery was closed immediately and would not open until the coming crisis was resolved. It is not yet decided how this will be sorted after "The Gallery" reopens but I shall keep you posted. Meanwhile my works are still hanging which was the safest option. I hope to be around to continue supporting this great community space and its wonderful volunteers. Community galleries don't just happen, they exist and run by people who care about others.

Having an exhibition requires a lot of energy, preparation and hard work. It is an emotional thing. Any artist that has done it will tell you it is a whole lot more than if you were reselling something from the cash & carry. I have also missed the opportunity to try and raise funds for our chosen causes. I only mention this to explain to all of our supporters because I was so sickened by the timing. If you run a full show and don't sell anything then at least your work has been looked at by the public and that is different than the online experience. That is why I haven't mentioned it on Social Media before now. Also I have been concentrating on spreading some good news, where there is any to cheer my friends up a bit.

Having explained that I have to say the decision to close was absolutely the only safe choice to protect artists, "The Gallery" volunteers and of course the public. Salford Royal Hospital had enough to do , even then, without us rustling up some trade. Art will always have its place to lift the soul & spirit and it will be sorely needed during his nightmare. There will be an awful lot of sadness and misery for most of us in the weeks and months to come.

Most people have much more pressing matters to think about & spend their money on than buying paintings at the moment. However I  believe that we shall come through this and return to something different than what we had before. So Curly Bob & I shall keep plugging away on facebook etc to be ready when that moment comes. I shall post the gallery images here and on Facebook. The individual works there will be published on a daily basis , health permitting. I have posted a selection of images of my work, in situ, separately here and on Facebook.

Here is "Sunset Antarctica", oil on canvas, circa 2014

"Sunset Antarctica", oil on canvas, circa 2014