At home for Christmas 2015 I came upon The 'New Light' painting competition show held biennially at the Bowes Museum in County Durham . Born in North East England I met one of the criteria to enter and decided to try for the exhibition in July 2017. I submitted two pictures recently made 'The Aluminum Ladder' and 'The Tale Of Christopher Wanker'.
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| The Aluminum Ladder by myTHself , acrylic on board, 1220x1530. 2016. |
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The Tale Of Christopher Wanker by myTHself, acrylic, map and false gold leaf on board, 1220x2220. 2015-16.
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In September 2017 I was disappointed to receive a letter regretting to inform me that my pictures had not been chosen for the exhibition. Strike 3. Fucked off with failure at judged painting competitions I knew I must find for myTHself a place to show Christopher Wanker.
I had enjoyed making the pictures and valued the results but failure to win an exhibition space meant in accordance, with the agreement I had made with my wife, I must return to building full time. By the end of October 2018 the house I had begun building in 2013 was finished and let out. I became a land lord with time to make pictures.
