Tag: family

  • Meet The Family

    Lockdown and January Blues requires some painting. More mindless than mindful perhaps “Meet the Family” Watercolour; ink; water soluble wax crayons. Approx 10×12 cm.

  • Artistic

    What did you mean when you said you’d got the watercolours out? “What do you mean by being kitted out with a crayon and a fancy headscarf!” What you do … I do. I’ll have you know that I was quite artistic too. I met your father at art evening classes, remember. “I know. But…

  • Time and Different Childhoods

    “See, I couldn’t have that childhood now. We wouldn’t have a beach hut like that. And our telly was black and white with one channel and no adverts. Free education, cold houses, shared-line phones that plugged into the wall, free healthcare, cooking your own food from scratch, laundry mangles, washing lines”… Have you finished, dear? …

  • Beach Huts

    “Do you remember the beach hut where that photo was taken, Mum?” Of course I do, dear. It belonged to a friend of your uncle. “The huts were on a spit of sand between the river and the sea. I remember wood splinters and cold sand on my feet when I walked between them.” “They…

  • Beach Clothes Complete

    Voila! Hat and sunglasses. Just like in the beach photo. Pretty good, dear … Yes?