Portfolio

I found lots of old photographs probably from Rose which were originally my grandmothers

After several years at Hyman Fine House, the Jewish Care home in Brighton our mother Gwen died.

I have transferred the old family films and pictures and placed them on the web. For the videos and films I have put them onto a youtube clone.

I found lots of photographs of Canons Drive

My mother kept a detailed record of my early years - I think probably until she became pregnant with my sister

Marcia's baby book was the same of mine printed on the cover with her name

Gwen sang throughout our lives from her time singing for Ensa in Canada during the war.

I decided that as well as videos and family films it would be interesting to have a repository of family films

We found a whole pile of photographs of my mother in Canada where she was between 1939 at the start of the war and 1946 when she came to the UK.

When I came back to do artwork after many years of working as I did as a Chartered Accountant both in the City and also running a public company I started life drawing. I then went back to do foundation, a degree in printmaking and then a masters and my artwork was primary printmaking.

I have had problems for a couple of years after an illness and bad back made it difficult to stand and cope with the weight of screen printing. Glass is very heavy and I badly damaged my back on a large piece of glass which remained for ages in the kiln.

When I realised that I could no longer cope with the weight of screens and media I had little choice but to think about the future and my artwork post having the studio. Initially this was trying digital and also going back to doing more life drawing. Neither reached the spot. Dana suggested that I go back to Architecture which I should have done some nearly fifty years ago.