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Jim (1995)

Charcoal on Paper - (58cm x 42cm)

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"In 1985, through college other friendships formed. Jim and Ginny were a married couple and fellow students. Jim a stoutish dark haired southern Celtic Irishman with a funny thing to say about nearly everything - Ginny an English rose. Along with our mutual college friend Bebhinne, who also had parents who originally hailed from Ireland, she a northern Celt with auburn hair, we spent many hours indulging in post lecture cogitation. We imbibed shared food, drank strong lager, puffed American cigarettes in Indian curry houses and then much more of the same in our respective homes on a regular basis – then I would be off to meet Ellie. Jim and Ginny and Bebhinne all lived in the Chorlton-cum-Hardy area of the city so it was not far for me to travel to them or the university. Nor was it too far for them to visit my place in Rusholme. Jim used to play the guitar perfecting his lyrics. His ad- hoc tunes created extra incentive to meet. He occasionally adjusted melodies to suit hastily penned poetry of mine. Creativity felt great. To-be-an-artist on course - I was limbering up.

I made more visits to Manchester City art gallery, and to the Whitworth Art Gallery. They were both quite near to home. The Cornerhouse Gallery was to open soon in 1986 and here even more travelling art could be seen. This leisure activity something I undertook largely alone. Art I realised can prompt the dimmed consciousness to consider other ways of viewing the world"