Duthie Park, 20 May 2026

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Duthie Park, Aberdeen, 20 May, 2026, oil on card, c 185 x 210 mm - available

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Frauhaus: Moroccan paintings

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I have ten Moroccan paintings hanging at Frauhaus, Chattan Place, Aberdeen. These include paintings from 2025-6, as well as older paintings.

The Christophers (2025): review: 6.5/10

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An artist began painting a series of portraits of a lover which he then abandoned. His talent long since diminished, now he resides, embittered, in a huge London apartment.

His two children want these paintings as they ae highly valued. They hire a young woman -an art restorer- to find the paintings and complete them while masquerading as an assistant.

There then ensue are all manner of plot twists.

The film is not a success. 

While interesting themes are touched upon (talent and what permits it to flourish, resentment, aging, use of technology) these are not given their due. The many subplots are fussy and irksome. 

The acting styles, attempting humour, of the two siblings played by James Corden and Jessia Gunning jarr with that of Ian McKellan and his opposite, Michaela Coel.