There is still no word from Bob. Meanwhile another vault extract from the past. This one is called "Spanish Village#1", oil on canvas from 2010. One of a pair I painted in that year.
Monday 13 April 2015
Thursday 9 April 2015
Manifesto Scheduled For Launch!-(Possibly)
Curly Bob is still locked away allegedly working on his manifesto for his new party. I can only communicate with him via notes shoved under his door or by email to his specially adapted IPad. I prefer to humour Bob's eccentric behaviour as I take some small comfort from the fact he is still under my roof. This means he is less likely to get into further mischief, (..good luck with that...Ed.).
In my last note to him I pointed out that at this rate, the U.K. election would be over before his manifesto and campaign are ever launched. His reply was typically single minded with comments that I hadn't posted any of my work for 2 days. Bob felt a change was needed to reflect one of the studies I did in 2006 titled "Bamboo", a watercolour. We hope Bob's fans will appreciate another item from the vaults.
In my last note to him I pointed out that at this rate, the U.K. election would be over before his manifesto and campaign are ever launched. His reply was typically single minded with comments that I hadn't posted any of my work for 2 days. Bob felt a change was needed to reflect one of the studies I did in 2006 titled "Bamboo", a watercolour. We hope Bob's fans will appreciate another item from the vaults.
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Bob Still Busy
Curly Bob is still scratching away in his study. Meanwhile yet another note to direct I post "Dawn, Worsley", oil on canvas, 2011.
It was painted from memory of a visit there early one morning.
It was painted from memory of a visit there early one morning.
Monday 6 April 2015
It's Nearly Finished!
Amid the sound of scribbling plus tapping of keyboard and Ipad Curly Bob is close to completing his party's political manifesto. Knowing Bob as I do I cannot see why it is taking so long. He is so single minded with regard to the way he perceives the world I would have expected it to cover no more than a sheet of A5 paper.
However I have been wrong before now and as soon as the "Do Not Disturb" sign is removed from his bedroom door then his fans around the world will have an idea as to what he is up to.
I await his revelation with mixed feelings because Bob's ignorance of life in general is positively breathtaking. I haven't had the heart to tell him that most of his many fans and supporters across the globe will not be eligible to vote in a U.K. election.
Anyway, as I passed his door this morning I found another note in his usual bear scrawl. If I have read it correctly he bids me post "Stonehenge", another oil on canvas from way back. We did visit Stonehenge many years ago but Bob had his snout in his Rupert Bear book so he directed my efforts based on photographs.
As always all comments welcome.
However I have been wrong before now and as soon as the "Do Not Disturb" sign is removed from his bedroom door then his fans around the world will have an idea as to what he is up to.
I await his revelation with mixed feelings because Bob's ignorance of life in general is positively breathtaking. I haven't had the heart to tell him that most of his many fans and supporters across the globe will not be eligible to vote in a U.K. election.
Anyway, as I passed his door this morning I found another note in his usual bear scrawl. If I have read it correctly he bids me post "Stonehenge", another oil on canvas from way back. We did visit Stonehenge many years ago but Bob had his snout in his Rupert Bear book so he directed my efforts based on photographs.
As always all comments welcome.
Friday 3 April 2015
A Happy & Peaceful Easter to Everyone
No manifesto from Bob as yet. He took great offence at not being invited to take part in the U.K. Election Debate broadcast last night on television. He felt that with nearly 1600 Google Plus followers and 1000 Twitter followers he was guaranteed a place in the debate. I tried to explain that he might well need a few more before the TV companies took any notice of him.
Letters of complaint are being written at this very moment which is keeping him busy for a while at least.
Before this political maelstrom erupted Bob and I were debating what we should publish for Easter. Bob is surprisingly well read on some subjects. He pointed out that the Jewish observance of Passover is marked this year and runs over the Christian period of Easter.
Thursday 2 April 2015
The Manifesto Grows
Curly Bob is still hard at work on the manifesto. During a comfort break(Ice cream & honey) he directed I publish "Snowdon Horseshoe, Winter", oil on canvas 2012.
We are slowly working through the back catalogue which we hope to clear in the next month or two.
This work was done by using a knife for most of the painting except the sky. I remember it well because we were in Llanberis, North Wales in February and it was a very cold day. I say "we" in general terms. I was stood outside the car sketching with watercolours whilst wearing gloves and receiving very odd looks from passing drivers. I don't doubt they were wondering if I should be committed or not. Meanwhile Bob was in the car with the heater on full sporting a new muffler, hat and gloves. Advice was offered via notes held up to the window. That is the way of things as Bob is usually far too professional to get cold and/or wet in the furtherance of art.
We are slowly working through the back catalogue which we hope to clear in the next month or two.
This work was done by using a knife for most of the painting except the sky. I remember it well because we were in Llanberis, North Wales in February and it was a very cold day. I say "we" in general terms. I was stood outside the car sketching with watercolours whilst wearing gloves and receiving very odd looks from passing drivers. I don't doubt they were wondering if I should be committed or not. Meanwhile Bob was in the car with the heater on full sporting a new muffler, hat and gloves. Advice was offered via notes held up to the window. That is the way of things as Bob is usually far too professional to get cold and/or wet in the furtherance of art.
Wednesday 1 April 2015
Curly Bob's Manifesto Not Ready
Bob has been hard at it overnight working on his party's manifesto. I could hear him tapping away on my keyboard late into the night. I have no idea what he will come up with as it is a closely guarded secret and unlike Westminster there are no leaks here either by design or subterfuge. The political world waits....
Meanwhile, I found another note pushed under my bedroom door directing that I publish "Self Portrait 2012", an oil on canvas.
I am not sure if that reflected my own personal state or a portent of the worry the worry of when Bob was to be kidnapped in the Yucatan in April 2013. For those taken with technical matters it was executed entirely with a knife.
Meanwhile, I found another note pushed under my bedroom door directing that I publish "Self Portrait 2012", an oil on canvas.
I am not sure if that reflected my own personal state or a portent of the worry the worry of when Bob was to be kidnapped in the Yucatan in April 2013. For those taken with technical matters it was executed entirely with a knife.
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