Last Goodbye Still Lifes He showed with a friend’s

He showed with a friend’s gallery in Burford for years and I always thought one day I’d get around to contacting him

the only frame we had handy is this remarkable museum quality gesso and gold affair so now it’s even bigger

Quite a contemporary work for the current exhibition but I really admire the painterly quality of it

make the Atlantic crossing to fish on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

Last Goodbye Still Lifes He showed with a friend’sOriginal artwork