From my booklet Moods and mysteries

idee-fixe- Sketches of chesnut tree and people outside theHeks pub over the last year.

portrait of mrs clay . When I was studying in Manchester I started the portrait of mrs Clay in my lodgings . Mrs Clay was a seventy year old cleaning lady her face was extremely lined from years of hard work and cares .My friends and fellow students were afraid that I would hurt her feelings by too much realism . Well I considered the problem and decided that if I worked in planes ( almost cubisticaly ) the portrait would still look like mrs Clay and it did !

portrait of Wendy Manchester 1962

sketch for three dimensional work. made from cardboard or painted wood- entitled We had such a great day .

New beter photo

A small painting that I made when Ilived in Tenby Wales in 1970 entitled The little station

Shining through The sun is God my dear

                  Although  its all illussion

         
                 The grey the grey the grey


               The way of thoughts confusion


                A path that leads us nowhere


               Or deep in the forest 


               Where we lost  our way 


             And where are  you today 


             My dear   in the rain in the rain 


             When love is  blossoming again 


             And its light


              Is brightly  permeating all


              Through the grey  through the rain  



             Through the deepest darkest  night

The lady with the little white dog

                        The lady  with

                         A little white dog

                         Perambulated my house

                        With the regularity of a planet -
                       
                        Sometimes in her transit

                        She would stop

                         And  pass the time of day -

                        Now she is  gone -


                      The smile and the coloured dress


                      I miss her sunny orbit

                      That  will now gladden other streets

                      As she walks her little white dog .