where I lived
Journey Through Place and Memory
These new paintings reflectsmy personal journey across landscapes and with people that shaped my life—growing up on two estates and one leafy road in Barnsley, SouthYorkshire, exploring diverse areas of London and travelling in France, Poland, the Middle East and beyond.
Mum and me, Athersley North Barnsley Acrylic on paper £400
Babcia and me, Poland 1979 Acrylic on Paper £400
First house I lived in, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. It’s still there. Painting sketch. Possibly first of a series…
Worsbrough Common was one of the poorest estates at the time in Barnsley. We lived there with my grandparents till I was six. My grandad Arthur a coal miner, who played the cello and loved opera and Paul Robeson. My grandmother Margaret sat me on her knee at the piano and encouraged me to learn to play God Save the Queen (!) (age 3).
