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A Sword on the Head

John Glynn

We had a model in the studio who danced and then placed swords on her head to practice balancing. It all happened quite quickly. It was a quick drawing. But I certainly would look at this and tie it in with some of my recurring themes relating to the human experience of love and death and desire treated with a due seriouness.
IMG 1440 1734360763 Shelagh Atkinson

Wood from the trees

the left holding lithographs

Ran like a whippet

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