'Daffs, a Dunnock and First Light'

 

'Daffs, a Dunnock and First Light'
- Acrylic paint on Canvas - George Roberts Spring 2025.

Final push today in the Cabine to finish the painting. All that remains to be done is to apply a coat or two of matt varnish. If you are out there, Ransome, and reading this, -" I hope you liked the painting's title, and probably a lot better than the brush strokes"!

I took Anita's  sage advice and lifted 'the daffs' tonally, added some highlights generally and extended the 'surreal affect' by increasing the cloud cover and adding a watery Sun.

Now 'Van Gogh' it aint, so why do I spend hours knocking out this stuff other than to keep 'The Range' art supplies department in cash?

I gave this  perplexing question some thought, whilst I painted quietly in the Cabine. It was quiet because I forgot to turn on the radio.

Eureka!!!!- 

" I'm a full on narcissist, have no shame and want to leave a mark when I'm gone, even if only for a couple of months in the £1 bargain box at the local Charity Shop"! - George Roberts - SS Minnow - April 01, 2025

Amazing 'Bovine' discovery made at the Jodrell Plank Observatory

 

Discovered on the 29_03_2025 at the Jodrell Plank Observatory.
Image captured at maximum eclipse.

The discovery was made by the Observatory's Director, Kurt Thrust, earlier this morning, whilst he was looking through originally dismissed astronomical data. 

" When we showed this image to our CEO, Joel Cairo he was truly over the moon!" - Kurt Thrust

" When I saw that cow jumping over, I knew that I had always known everything best about 'jumping' and 'cows', and now I have found one over the Moon, we just have to go over to Mars before the Chinese 'take-away' all the crispy beef" - Joel Cairo.