Admiral Morris

Inspired by a series of Dog Portraits by Thierry Poncelet I decided to paint morris dressed as a 18th Century admiral. The result is a 1m x 1m portrait painted with acrylics (and white emulsion) on canvas. I'm quite pleased with the result as it is the most ambitious painting I have attempted.



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Can you spot the obvious mistake?

PS - happy new year.

Things to do before you're 30: Task 2 COMPLETE

The December 'thing to do before you're 30' was to make a short video with Morris (thanks for the suggestion Josh). You can see the result below! Unfortunately Morris had an accident with a barbed wire fence, so we weren't able to complete filming. His condition is improving, after having had a few stitches at the vet.



The January challenge is to go down the deepest cave and up the highest mountain in England in a weekend (as well as stopping off at a youth hostel and a having a few pints in the local) so if you want to come along come along, you're very welcome.

Weekend in Wales

We spent last weekend in Wales, which was great fun. We climbed a mountain, saw a lot of sheep, and got very wet - just a typical day in North Wales. It started to snow at the top of the mountain (Cadair Idris) so we took shelter in a small hut, which was filled with men offering us tea from thermos flasks. We politely declined after being made to feel rather poorly equipped:

"Don't you have any gloves?"

And no, that's not my dressing gown.

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Things to do before you're 30: Task 1 COMPLETE

In the middle of Tuesday night, under the cover of darkness, I ran all the way around Kenilworth castle in nothing but my pants (and a hat, and a pair of trainers - which I think is allowed as it's a harsh winter night). I decided to take Morris for support (he would be running virtually naked as well). I also thought that if anyone approached us we could both bark at them, which should keep any weirdos at bay.

Fortunately nobody saw me until right at the end, when I was stopped in my tracks by a pair of bright headlights beaming directly at me. I hurriedly got into the car, so Clare could drive us away at high speed (after she'd taken a few photos and laughed a lot).

So there you go, I am eagerly anticipating a nice cheesecake promised by Clare, and I'm already thinking about December's task: to make a short film with morris.