Category: Paintings and drawings

Painting: The Two Brothers

tiredness

Me and my new born brother 1961

I was about ten years old when my brother was born in 1961. I was glad to have a brother of course but the difference in years meant we never really got to talk to each other much. Here in this picture I have the expression of tiredness shyness, and happiness as I was given my baby brother to hold for the first time. We went on to have completely different lives.

 

Portrait of Annie Steptoe

portrait oil painting
Portrait of Annie Steptoe

 

This is from an old photo of my mother before she married my father. She was christened Annie but her step mother called her Emily. The place is Marlow Buckinghamshire around the year 1948-49.