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| 'Risotto for one' - George Gemini Roberts life observed in the style of Edward Hopper. September 2026. |
Edward's characters remain isolated within the canvas "considering what just might have been". Art requires a narrative, which may or may not be subversive!
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| 'Dark and Deep' - water colour sketch (from 2025) adjusted using AI to create a night scene. -George 'Gemini' Roberts - September 2026 |
Whose house is this we do not know.
Illuminated under Harvest Moon glow
He will not see us stopping here
To watch tide and life in ebb and flow
The house is simple, dark and deep,
But we have a holiday to keep,
And years to go before we sleep,
And years to go before we sleep.
Mainly Robert Frost 'mucked about with' by George Roberts September 2026
Apologies to Robert Frost a 'proper' poet whereas I am s slinger of 'doggerel'.
I asked Google Gemini AI to create atmospheric painting in the style of Piranesi using my uploaded photograph. I think AI did very well after a bit of prompting.
" Loads of lava at dusk"
I am completely aware of the downside issues associated with Artificial Intelligence and its impacts upon the Environment, the ownership of creativity, Art and Artists.
What I would say in its favour is that, when AI is used as a tool in combination with traditional sketching and painting, as you might use a brush or a palette knife, you can test out a series of ideas, colours, lights and darks which are reversible and nondestructive. Bouncing around ideas, techniques and virtual paint and light on my smartphone seems no less natural than taking my paintbox out from my satchel?
Smartphones
From the breadth of my brain
And from the depth of my heart
I can find no evidence that
A smartphone makes anyone smart.
No longer restricted by care, cost or geo location
We cling to our annually upgradeable box fresh toys
Waving them to find a satellite signal
And transmit a stream of mindless multimedia noise.
"An arse in Atlanta warns against innoculation
A prat in Penrith wants more racial discrimination
A prepper in Preston believes I'm poorly prepared
A Charismatic called Carry sends prayers to be shared
A flag-shagger from Fleet is joining a crusade
The community college wants to teach me a trade
A nazi in nonce bonnet is guarding a beach
A wrong grocer from Wrexham wants to show me his peach.
Local women over fifty are desperate to hear from me
Doctors offering penis enlargement, a hip replacement or a new knee.
Hundreds of Nigel photos where he looks so shifty
Offers of financial planning for the downright grifty
Proposals of investments guaranteed to better inflation
A quick basic burial or a no frills cremation
Lots of shares you are warned, can go up but also down
The birth of a child, the recent death of a clown.
And if you're real sad and feel down in the dumps
You can compare eco offers for efficient heat pumps
A romantic marriage offer from a Ugandan Prince
And the money you loaned him and haven't seen since
With a smartphone you see, the fun never quite ends
With millions of contacts and very few friends"
George Roberts -techno-doggerel - the screens nurse the screens!
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| Temple of Concordia watercolour sketch on paper- George Roberts, September 2026 |
"Soundly sleeps our fallen hero
Let him take his rest
Awaiting for a call to arms
And another Herculean quest".
