Author: Alan McKean

I have started posting some poems and paintings on the Art page. The paintings I have used so far, have been done by a friend of mine, who doesn’t really push his paintings as much as I think he should do.

He only recently, in the past 12 months, “came out” as an artist, as he spends a lot of time with his band “Swamp Dog” gigging around the North West of England.

I am not an artist, and can’t paint to save my life, but there is something about his quirky pictures that make them a lot of fun, so today I am posting a third painting called “Beach Huts”, hope you like it.

I love writing poems to paintings, so I thought I might add and extra “Art” section page, where I can post paintings (with the artists’ permission where required) with poetry, and see how that works.

I’ve written close on a thousand pieces for artists, and I will see if I can get some of them posted on here – fingers crossed.

As the first snows of winter make their appearance, I thought the I would post a piece from around eight years ago. It is simply called “Snow”, and can be found in the “General” section.

I like snow, even more so now that I’m retired, mainly because I don’t have to get up on a cold, snowy morning, clean the snow off the car, and drive thirty-something miles into work, having dropped my wife off at her former place of work.

I hope you like the piece

Another deep dive into my archives has brought out a number of early attempts at haiku. all of them are from 2004. I am still happy with them, and they can be found in the haiku section.

enjoy