I had the pleasure of having the generous assistance of Anita, a friend from choir, helping me do some artwork recording for a few hours on Monday. Anita creates multi-media artwork and has a website you can visit at http://www.anitadraper.org.uk.Anita’s fresh view, unencumbered by our family history, coupled with a bright enthusiasm, made the task read more…
I’ve been through everything I have access to this week, so I can see the edges of the task, which has a sense of relief and completion about it. On the basis of knowing what kinds of things there are (14 kinds of artwork, 12 kinds of writings) and the rough totals of all (over read more…
‘Tis a rare thing to find a date on Dad’s work. I’ve been looking for clues to dates on all the items as I’ve been going along, so I can piece something together in terms of which decades, at least, various items were produced. From an art history point of view, it will be interesting read more…
I struck gold yesterday – in the packing of a box of unpainted pebbles, hand selected, no doubt from the pebble ridge at Westward Ho! Many were primed ready for painting, some untouched, and one half-painted in orange gloss. The small cardboard box, labelled in Dad’s handwriting “STONES – UNPAINTED” was packed rather oddly with read more…
I am curating and recording my father Graham’s artwork posthumously, at present, on behalf of our family. It is rather a long job! So to keep me company, you are invited to join me here on this journey, and contribute if you would like to. I guess I’m quite well placed to do, what I read more…
