Exhibitions

Bolton Museum

Sat 1 June –
Sun  27 October

Observations through the eyes of a young child growing up in the North of England during the Second World War. 

These are a series of memory paintings I have done of my childhood in the North of England. 

I moved to Bolton, Lancashire with my mother and brother at the start of the Second World War, to live with my grandparents at Ivy Cottage in Cemetery Road. 

From an early age I was aware of the rich tapestry of life in an industrial town, and the wonderful characters I had as relatives who all lived in close proximity to us. 

When I moved to the Isle of Man in 2003 I started painting the My Northern Paintings series as a way of recording the Northern memories I had been carrying around in my head all my life. These memory paintings are my record of a long forgotten way of life that I remembered as a child. They give me great joy and I hope they tweak your memory as well.