Euan MacLeod
Euan Macleod (born 1956) was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1956 and moved to Sydney, Australia in 1981, where he continues to live and work. He received a Certificate in Graphic Design from the Christchurch Technical Institute in 1975 and a Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) from the University of Canterbury in 1979. Macleod deals mostly with landscapes and the human presence within it. The lone, anonymous figure is a common symbol in his work that embodies both the artists self-portrait and the "Everyman" or universal experience of emptiness, worthlessness and impotence. He has been described as both an expressionist and a symbolist and his dense, textured and sculptural use of paint has become a consistent feature of his work. Macleod is not limited when it comes to the landscapes he paints, feeling equally at home in the picturesque New Zealand countryside and the harsh and flat Australian outback and often painting a hybrid of both landscapes. As well as pursuing his art he is currently also teaching painting at the National Art School in Sydney.
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by Olly Murs
On My Cloud
by: Olly MursLove is moving faster but I'm taking my time
I'm gonna be there when I get there
You just follow the signs
I'm making something out of nothing
And if you want a ride
Get your self together
And we'll leave the world behind
Get up get on my cloud
Lift your feet right off the ground
Nothing gonna stand in our way (Ohh)
Get up get on my cloud
I'm not gonna let you down
Let's make it happen today
I'll be busy doing nothing
And it's starting to show
But let's turn nothing into something
I can't do it alone
So if you wanna make it happen
And you got time to do
Get your self together
And we'll leave it all behind
Get up get on my cloud
Lift your feet right off the ground
Nothing gonna stand in our way (Ohh)
Get up get on my cloud
I'm not gonna let you down
Let's make it happen today
Can we just float away
I've got a plan to make you stay
I know you feel the same
Get your self together
Leave the world behind
Get up get on my cloud
Lift your feet right off the ground
Nothing gonna stand in our way (Ohh)
Get up get on my cloud
I'm not gonna let you down
Let's make it happen today
Get up get on my cloud
Get up get on my cloud
Get up get on my cloud (Yeahh)
Get up get on my cloud
Get up get on my cloud