tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post1457204445995215110..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: Powis Castle - Nails Daytracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-78055203944537984712008-07-22T21:32:00.000+01:002008-07-22T21:32:00.000+01:00I like the window picture, but to me it looks more...I like the window picture, but to me it looks more like a painting than a photograph?<BR/><BR/>So glad you made it on the trip, hope you were not too cream-crackered on your return. No problem with the steps up into the coach? - they are sometimes so steep I need a shove-up.<BR/><BR/>Am rather busy this week - old friend is moving - so forgive me if I am absent or brief.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-14807970094835666352008-07-22T19:03:00.000+01:002008-07-22T19:03:00.000+01:00ps York Station does have a curved roof curve is t...ps York Station does have a curved roof curve is to the left if travelling north.<BR/>Don't know about Newcastle but there are some fantastic bridges there wish I'd been a bridge designer Conveyor Ganties across apit yard arn't the same reallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-37638059582725375902008-07-22T18:58:00.000+01:002008-07-22T18:58:00.000+01:00I think Cuneo was better known for his railway pai...I think Cuneo was better known for his railway paintings than aviation. I don't think he did any actual aircraft pictures. The first aviation artist I recall was Frank Wootton who wrote a number of 'how to draw books'. My childhood copy of his How to draw aircraft, disappeared some where and I've never found one in any second hand book shops.<BR/>Terence Tenison Cuneo CVO, OBE, RGI, FGRA (November 1, 1907 – January 3, 1996) was an English painter famous for his scenes of railways, horses and military action. He was also the official artist for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.<BR/><BR/> Life and work<BR/>Cuneo was born in London, the son of Cyrus and Nell Cuneo, artists who met while studying with Whistler in Paris. Terence Cuneo studied at the Chelsea Polytechnic and the Slade School of Art, before working as an illustrator for magazines, books and periodicals. In 1936 he started working in oils, continuing with his illustration work. During World War II he served as a sapper but also worked for the War Artists Advisory Committee, providing illustrations of aircraft factories and wartime events.<BR/><BR/>After the war, Cuneo was commissioned to produce a series of works illustrating railways, bridges and locomotives. A significant point in his career was his appointment as official artist for the Coronation of Elizabeth II, which brought his name before the public world-wide. He received more commissions from industry, which included depicting manufacturing, mineral extraction and road building, including the M1. He was most famous for his passion for engineering subjects, particularly locomotives and the railway as a whole. But in fact Cuneo painted over a wide range, from big game in Africa to landscapes. Further success was achieved in his regimental commissions, battle scenes and incidents as well as portraits (including H.M. the Queen, and Field Marshal Montgomery).<BR/> Above from wika----Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-45371354720847894322008-07-22T10:34:00.000+01:002008-07-22T10:34:00.000+01:00I very much like the yew picture and am veryt take...I very much like the yew picture and am veryt taken by Rob’s ‘curtains’ photo which I think is already in colour – indigo - albeit monochromatic. I like the ‘fringed’ border too. <BR/><BR/>You are right about my approach to computers – I am a parasite! I’m afraid the alternative, for me, would be to give up altogether (apart from WP). That said, I would miss Picasa.<BR/><BR/>Re grunting fish:<BR/>Surely a decent sized bass would be at least a tenner?<BR/><BR/>I don’t like the Robin Williams suggestion at all. He’s an American and, in his ‘Good Morning Vietnam’ mode, more frenetically like my predecessor, the dreaded Grandad Jackson (see emailed group photo).<BR/>I should point out that I don't actually dislike Grandad J. But he is hard to bear.<BR/><BR/>Rob:<BR/>I think it may be Newcastle Central Station that you are thinking of (with the splendid curved roof). Whether it curves from left to right or right to left depends upon which way you are facing. If one accepts the ‘rule’, presumably a right to left curve would better please the Arabs or Chinese?<BR/> <BR/>Nice haiku.<BR/><BR/>I am happy with Pete Postlethwaite and possibly Jim Broadbent although I think he’s a Cockney like Michael Caine. Much as I admire Bill Nighy, I don’t think he would be quite right.<BR/><BR/>Reg:<BR/>Am I right in thinking of Tenence Cuneo as first, and possibly foremost, a war artist, esp renowned for his pictures of aeroplanes?<BR/><BR/>Casting couch:<BR/>Sandra suggested that Jon Pertwee (as Worzel Gummidge not Dr Who) could be another possible (extinct actor) to play the Bungus part.<BR/>Re the party aftermath:<BR/>When I went out on Sunday on my usual Tesco and Netto bargain pilgrimage, she threatened that if I bought any more food she would have me committed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-24364935268917281022008-07-21T22:55:00.000+01:002008-07-21T22:55:00.000+01:00Please see last comment on previous blog re-the mo...Please see last comment on previous blog re-the mouse artistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com