Smells like rain reserved During lockdown I spent some

During lockdown I spent some time on a narrowboat on the Regent’s Canal

The colours were ultra marine

I remember telling him that

This painting is at our Cecil Court gallery

I chose this short 1894 novel for the lovely italic capitals used on each of the 39 chapter headings

Smells like rain reserved During lockdown I spent someThe Age Tanned Collection I have used pages from a 1902 edition of Florence Marryats novel My Own Child. The quaint chapter titles and the gorgeous Rich Tea biscuit colour of the pages really helped forming the ideas for these little paintings. Oil pastel, acrylic paint and drawing ink on age tanned vintage book pages & UV protective museum glass