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#GrimArt - the beauty & value of the everyday, the ordinary & the overlooked; industrial landscapes, whippets & wastelands, red bricks & rust. #art #photography
Bit of a favourite by a favourite 😍 …

Tyne Bound by John Lines (b. 1938)
January 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Wishing you all the best stuff the New Year has to offer 😘 and promising to be a little more Bluesky ‘on it’ in 2025 🙏🏻😉
January 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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
December 17, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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 😍👏
December 13, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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)
December 13, 2024 at 10:43 PM
In at No.3, a huge #GrimArt🎨 favourite, it’s James Downie with Station Café 😍 #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024 🏆
December 13, 2024 at 10:21 PM
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 😍👏
December 13, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Ahead of Gary Bunt in the No.4 slot and in at No.5, it’s personal favourite and the legend that is, Norman Cornish with ‘Fish & Chip Shop’ #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024🏆
December 13, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Coming thick and fast now as we race up the chart to the Christmas🎄No.1 spot 🥳 …. with the first of two entries into the #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024🏆 here’s Gary Bunt and ‘Friday Night’ 😍👏 …
December 13, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Right chip pickers, cracking on with our #FishAndChipArt revue of the year …

In at No.7, it’s a perennial #GrimArt favourite, Mal Burton with Fish & Chips for Tea, Boy 🐕 #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten 2024🏆
December 13, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Just missing out on two entries into the #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024 🏆 it’s Bernard McMullen at No.8 with ‘Fish & Chip Corner’ 😍👍
December 13, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Just like the queue at your local chippy when you’re starving 😫 it’s a non mover at No.9 … it’s

Frying Tonight by Malcolm Teasdale (b. 1944) #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024 🏆
December 13, 2024 at 12:31 PM
In at No.10 in our #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024 🏆 is

Cousin Jacks by Cornish artist, Laurie McCall 👏
December 13, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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
December 13, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Those dark, cold days before Christmas when that seat by the fire is ne’er more precious 😌

Homeward Bound by Ken White (b. 1943)
December 12, 2024 at 8:10 PM
When I posted this corker 4 years ago on ‘the other place’ I had no idea what an iconic boozer it was, definitely a work of art in, and of itself 😍

Btw, Michael’s book, ‘Painting Manchester’s Pubs’ is a must-have for any #PubArt🍻 fan 😉👍

The Peveril of the Peak Pub by Michael Ashcroft #Art
December 11, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Another personal favourite from the current #GrimArtRetrospective 😍

Gorbals Tenements, Glasgow by John Seymour Godden
(1930 - 1999)
December 10, 2024 at 10:05 AM
That smoke would still be flat-lining round these parts at the mo … hope you dodged any damage 🫣👍 #StormDarragh

A Long & Winding Road by Alexander Millar (b. 1960)
December 8, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Bit blowy out there - tek all the care you need to folks #StormDarragh😰👍

Up the Downs on a very, very windy day (Oil on Canvas) by Gary Bunt (b. 1957) #Art
December 7, 2024 at 11:43 AM
A #NorthernArt legend, so looking back, not too surprised to find how many times Harold’s works topped over a thousand ‘likes’ at the ‘other place’ …

The Street in Oldham by Harold Riley (1934 - 2023) #Art
December 4, 2024 at 11:13 AM
One of many favourites amongst the current #GrimArtRetrospective, ‘Tales from the Other Place’ 😉

Saltley Gasworks by Ronald Moore (1914 - 2002)
December 4, 2024 at 11:04 AM
The Coal Man by Marc Grimshaw (b.1957)
December 3, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Evening Light by the Bridge by Sam Wood #Art #NorthernArt
December 2, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Not sure if it’s the same one, but definitely the same hand, just for you, Alan 😉👍

The Cooling Tower, Stockport by Harry Kingsley (1914–1998)
December 2, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Speaking of #GrimArt Legends😍 …

The Passage leading to Lancaster Road, Salford, 1962 by Harold Riley (b.1934)
December 2, 2024 at 11:51 AM