David Livesey {
My Northern Paintings
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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.
 COME AWAY FROM THE GRID - YOU'LL CATCH SCARLET FEVER |  WARM YOURSELF UP IN THE SLIPPER BATH |  TIME FOR MEDICINE |
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 TAKING THE PIGEONS FOR A LONG DISTANCE FLIGHT |  THE SUN MIGHT BREAK THROUGH |  SUNSET, STANLEY AND ME |
 STEAM |  SPEED |  SATANIC MAJESTY |
 RUNNING FOR THE 23 |  RUN YOUR DOG MISTER_ |  OUT ON THE BIKE WITH CUSHY |
 MISCHIEF |  MESSING ABOUT |  MAIDEN FLIGHT |
 DOG FIGHT |  CUSHY HEARS ME WHISTLING |  CUSHY GOES FOR A SWIM |
 ALMOST THERE - TOP OF THE BUNK |  BACK HOME AFTER A LONG DAY ON THE LATHE |  AUNTIE BECK |
 IN THE STUDIO OF GROUP 2 ANIMATION_edited |  RIDE-A-KENCH |  RUN YOUR DOG MISTER |
 Raspberry Vinegar |  Sunflowers, Malcolm and Me |  The Gossips“I heard she’s taken in a lodger?” |
 There is a Green Hill Far Away |  Sweeling |  Goin’ Ter’t Pub |
 The Incident |  Roof Tops |  Toot |
 Blackout |  Our Tap Dancing Bread Man |  Wash Day Blues |
 The Hunting Party |  Northern Songbird |  Vandals |
 Local Remedy for Whooping Cough |  First Outing |  Playing Horses |
 Gran Dancing a Jig |  Are the Pigs Out on Piggy Broo? |  Tar Bubbles |
 Sunday Morning |  Late In |  I Made It Myself |
 Blind Auntie Mary Has A Look At Me |  David at 9 |  Hopscotch |
 We’ve Just Buried Our Nellie |  Worktown Bus |  Small Boy - Big Bike |
 Specky Four Eyes |  My Secret Smoking Place |  Piggy |
 The End of That Awful Hat...or so I thought |  Nimbus : First Flight |  Pa’s Beer |
 Mum Played Here As A Girl |  Extreme Mopping |  Delivery of Nutty Slack |
 Malc’s Turn on the Harmonium |  Contemplating The Next Flight |