Strange & Sometimes Troubled Memoires Film
As Some of you may know, in 2023 I was approached by an award winning filmmaker called Jason King who wanted to make a documentary about...
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Jan 163 min read
Me Painting Me
This painting is unfinished and I think I'm going to leave it that way. I reckon it's a fitting end to the 'Strange & Sometimes Troubled...
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Jack
Mar 28, 20235 min read
Lucid Dreaming Saved My Life
Bella did her best to help me but sometimes people are beyond help until something clicks and they manage to pull themselves out of a...
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Jack
Mar 22, 20233 min read
Rock Bottom
After my panic attack and ringing the doctors I got an appointment the next day, this was thirteen years ago and it feels strange now...
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Jack
Mar 20, 20234 min read
Panic Attack at the Station
After I started drinking again it quickly turned into heavy drinking, which Bella couldn't stand so we separated. I moved into a bedsit...
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Jack
Mar 13, 20234 min read
Hooded Beings.
After living under London Bridge Station I moved in with a girl I got together with. We had a rather full on passionate relationship...
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Jack
Mar 7, 20234 min read
Under London Bridge
I've have been quite fortunate in the past because although I've been homeless a few times, I've never been on the streets. Whether it's...
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Jack
Feb 10, 20235 min read
I Cried A Lot
Until I met my first serious girlfriend I hadn’t met many people that I’d liked that much. I tolerated people more than liked them. When...
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Jack
Dec 14, 20224 min read
Charlie Chester II
The council estate we grew up on in Bradford was quite rough but the good thing about it was that it was on the edge of a large woodland...
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Jack
Oct 19, 20223 min read
Black Handkerchief
This is the 12th In my 'Strange and Troubled Past' series. 'Black Handkerchief' Acrylic On Canvas 40 by 40cm Between the ages of fifteen...
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Jack
May 11, 20224 min read
Charlie Chester I
Charlie Chester I acrylic on canvas board 40 by 30cm No 12 in the 'Strange and Troubled Past' series (trigger warning: if you are easily...
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Jack
Apr 24, 20221 min read
If We Didn't Laugh We'd Cry
This painting is from a very particular moment in time, things were not going well for my other half Bella and I. 2021 was a very hard...
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Jack
Jul 9, 20216 min read
80's Primary School Teacher
80's Primary School Teacher, Acrylic on canvas, 40 by 40cm This small event changed my life, I'm not sure if it was for better or worse....
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Jack
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Recurring Nightmare
Recurring Nightmare 71 by 51cm Acrylic on canvas. Unfinished I don't really like this painting at all Even if I finished it, I can tell I...
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Jack
Jun 13, 20212 min read
Thrown Out
'Thrown Out' Acrylic on canvas board 30 by 40cm There's not much of a story behind this painting, it's just a funny memory from a point...
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Jack
May 4, 20213 min read
Shooting Teddies
My Dad was an alcoholic, I can't remember ever seeing him sober, he wasn't there that much when we were kids, though my memories when he...
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Jack
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Stick to Road lads
'Stick To Road Lads' Acrylic on canvas board 16 by 16" The first part of my life in the late seventies, early eighties was spent growing...
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Jack
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Dad Gets His Throat Cut
'Dad Gets His Throat Cut' Acrylic on canvas board 20 by 30cm It's funny but when I started this series of paintings from odd memories, I...
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