Love is the way sold he would often lament to

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

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

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

gold fillet &  UV protective museum glass

I’ve not come across this artist before and barely any paintings appear on the market so this is valued entirely on the image of these two - is it dog resembling its master or vice versa

Love is the way sold he would often lament toThe 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