Paget
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Mike Paget
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Justin Paget
United Kingdom
209 creative works found
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From my original black and white print
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A field gate in the depths of winter
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The novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle chose the Reichenbach falls as the setting for the death of his character Sherlock Holmes. In The Final Problem (1891), Conan Doyle wrote of Reichenbach: / ‘It is, indeed, a fearful place. The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house. The shaft into which the river hurls itself is an immense chasm, lined by glistening coal-black rock, and narrowing into a creaming, boiling pit of incalculable depth, which brims over and shoots the stream onward over its jagged lip.’ / The story goes on to tell of the death of Holmes. On May 4, 1891, the detective met his archenemy Professor Moriarty on a ledge above the falls; the two became locked in a titanic hand-to-hand struggle before both tumbled over the precipice, presumably to their deaths. This neat device was Conan Doyle’s way to free himself of the burden of constantly churning out pulpy detective stories and was intended to give himself the freedom to write more elevated literature instead. But he didn’t reckon on public opinion. The outcry against the death of such a popular character as Holmes was so great that in 1903 Conan Doyle was forced to give in to the pressure of his fan mail. He resurrected his nemesis by claiming that Holmes had managed to grab a tuft of grass during the fall into the “dreadful cauldron” and so had lived to solve another mystery. Much to Conan Doyle’s chagrin, the author was far more celebrated during his lifetime for his detective stories than for his various expeditions and good works; these days his numerous elevated writings have largely been forgotten, while his 45 Holmes novels are world famous. / Every year on May 4, members of the international Sherlock Holmes Society make a pilgrimage to the falls to commemorate the “death” of their beloved hero. /
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Norfolk & Western 1218 is a 2-6-6-4 mallet type locomotive. She was built in 1943 by the N&W’s Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, VA. N&W called it’s 2-6-6-4’s the “A” class, and they were unlike anything else on rails at the time. Until her retirement in 1994 when NS ended it’s steam program, 1218 was the second largest steam locomotive operating in the world.
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I was looking at the art of Cathy Connolley – which I admired – this is my attempt at her style. You can see her work at www.thefarawayhills.com.
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Original pen and ink – Mike Paget 2008
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Original pen and ink design by Mike Paget 2009.
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My first attempt at using pastels – very different to handle after pen and ink! / The birds are African Grey Parrots.
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Snow falling on the trees in Aviemore, Scotland
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Two of my photos manipulated in Photoshop Aspects
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Taken in my garden last summer – this lovely Peacock visitor.
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Spring is springing in our garden today!
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Tulip
by Mike Paget‘Tulip’ features two of my photos – tulips in my garden and the lovely model Sarah combined in Photoshop Aspects. I created her shadow afterwards.
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Cherry Blossom only lasts a fews days then it’s taken by the wind and rain. It’s just perfect at this moment.
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Mike Paget Photoshop manipulation of model Sarah 2009
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Another Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley. / Now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, England, the sculpture consists of 100 cast iron figures which face out to sea, spread over a 2 mile (3.2 km) stretch of the beach.
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‘African’ T-shirt designed by Mike Paget 2009
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Lambs
by Mike PagetLambs in fields near Builth Wells, Wales
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Another version of my pen and ink picture 2009
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Keep Life Wild – designed by Mike Paget 2009
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Forget Romance – I’m In Love With Chocolate! t-shirt created by Mike Paget 2009
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Fishes
by Mike Paget‘Fishes’ designed by Mike Paget
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Amazing what you can see in your back garden!
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‘Isle of Mull Forest’ photographed by my talented niece, Sharon Atherton
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