2024 has been one of the hardest years of my life. Having said that, there's been a lot of great stuff too and I wouldn't have got through without The Man - we had lots of adventures. Going into 2025 with a lot of hope. Here are some of my fav photos from this year. #ThePhotoHour #Photography
Grim Art Group
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#GrimArt - the beauty & value of the everyday, the ordinary & the overlooked; industrial landscapes, whippets & wastelands, red bricks & rust. #art #photography
The Covid Chippy of The Sacred Heart in remembrance of times past for #ChippyTeaFriday and Mr @grimartgroup.bsky.social
Morning Mr @grimartgroup.bsky.social I hear I made the Grim List again on the other place, and that you're bigging up Tim and his Mum's exhibition in Cleethorpes next year. Many thanks fella, good man that you are. Have a piece of Spitalfields.
The angled warping & shifting perspective of the building shapes are quite reminiscent of some of the style associated w/ German Expressionism of the 1920s & 30s. These are original set design illustrations for the classic 1920 silent film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari".
Caboodle DIY shop (in Beaconsfield Street, Acomb, York). Because even at Christmas time you may need a bucket & whatnot. #Pen #drawing @grimartgroup.bsky.social
Joe's mythical boxing gym in The Queensberry, gloomily lurking in a quiet part of East London... Not for those with well formed noses! @grimartgroup.bsky.social
Bit of a favourite by a favourite 😍 … Tyne Bound by John Lines (b. 1938)
Wishing you all the best stuff the New Year has to offer 😘 and promising to be a little more Bluesky ‘on it’ in 2025 🙏🏻😉
You’ll probably have encountered J.F’s more well know work featuring sheep in stunning twilights …but must admit, rather like this more impressionistic work 😍 … A Wet Walk Home by Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935) #Art
And here's a pen and ink drawing by L. S. Lowry which @grimartgroup.bsky.social may be interested in. Mill at Farnworth (1921) This small sketch is from a collection that contains three other drawings by the artist.
I love these kinds of scenes. 'Les Girls' is one of my favourites
Having a bit of a round up of this year’s top #FishAndChipArt at ‘the other place’, so reproducing it here for all those who enjoyed our #ChippyTeaFridays but have cut all ties now. First one I ever posted and a favourite artist, so very close to the ole heart ❤️ Waiting for Chips by Lucy Manfredi
The Creaking, a poem written by Ian McMillan for the Outsiders Project on homelessness and substandard housing. You can see him reading the poem in the art video ‘Stuck on the Spin Cycle’ which is in the touring exhibition.
Found this one - apologies if you've already posted it! We'll stop at the chippy on the way back lads. Martin Whittam
The brilliant 'Show of hands' allowed us to use their song 'Cousin Jack' for a northeast mining film a few years back. 'Cousin Jack' refers to the blanket name for Cornish miners who moved from tin to coal mines around the country. Fab song! youtu.be/FKNIUwxtvHw?...
Cousin Jack
YouTube video by Show of Hands - Topic
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No i na koniec podróży znów znalazłem się przy puławskich Azotach. Jako że zrobiło się już całkowicie ciemno, nadażyła się okazja do zrobienia kilku "przemysłowych" zdjęć. To wszystko. Pozdrawiam ;)
The other reason I like this background is the big chimney provides an opportunity for shenanigans.
Did a gentle photo walkabout yesterday, this is one of the photos from it. Will put up a photo essay in my Substack if you want to follow in anticipation. #ThePhotoHour #Photography @grimartgroup.bsky.social
York Glass Company at 34 Shambles, York. The company moved from here in 2022. I liked the challenge of the glass shop sign when I drew it in 2021. @grimartgroup.bsky.social #pencil #drawing
With thanks for your patience 😉 … a surprise winner, but a clear winner, the No.1 #ChippyTeaFriday painting for 2024 is … The Mermaid Chippy by Mark Burrell 😍👏
And a surprise at No.2 to see Gary’s second entry into the #ChippyTea Top Ten for 2024 🏆 knocked off the top spot, but nevertheless, a fine showing from a fine artist 😍👏 … Fish and Chips (Oil on Canvas) by Gary Bunt (b. 1957)
In at No.3, a huge #GrimArt🎨 favourite, it’s James Downie with Station Café 😍 #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024 🏆
Hope you’re enjoying the deliberate errors 😉 … #definitely in the No.4 slot on the #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024 it’s Evans Fish & Chip Shop, Manchester by Steven Scholes 😍👏