Love is the way sold a young boy painted in

a young boy painted in the twilight years of Queen Victoria’s reign

They are obviously the best people to talk to about it

he would often lament to me his feelings of disappointment as a painter

In this piece the owl has become a sort of tribal costume but with a life of its own: Remaining standing long after its owner has departed

It is a small-scale canvas and although the sitter is in uniform it has an informality about it that suggests a window of opportunity grasped

Love is the way sold a young boy painted inThe Crookleigh Chronicles I chose this short 1894 novel for the lovely italic capitals used on each of the 39 chapter headings. This delightful village romp by Silas K Hocking was the inspiration for this collection. Acrylic, coloured pencil, and ink hatching on vintage book pages & UV protective museum glass