“Backward Glances”
.“Backward Glances” is the title which I gave to a large format painting from around 1969-1970, that I painted in my Ebbw Vale studio and it seemed a good way of joining past and present work under this reminiscence.
I had reluctantly considered presenting my June 2012 exhibition as a small retrospective but eventually decided to show only new work. As the exhibition also coincided with my 70th birthday on the June 26th my family suggested that it would be a good idea to combine and celebrate the two important events.
After much persuading I finally gave in and started preparing a collection of works for the retrospective, showcasing a selection from my early student days, celebrating the 50 years since I entered the school of painting in Newport in 1961, through five decades of painting and pictures which had only been finished a few days before the opening in June. This was supplemented by photographic examples of works which had been sold, destroyed or lost over the years.
Exhibition "Backward Glances" June 2012