Happy New Year

 

Welcome to 2014.

So far this year I have been extremely busy,

after lots of family gatherings, at one point 23 of us and 3 dogs,

lots of over indulging, I have got back into my studio, put all the decorations away

for another year and enjoyed some quiet time.

Finally finishing a painting I started at the end of October.

I was inspired by constantly driving up and down the A6 and noticing all the variety of

shops along the way.

When I was young we were sent on errands to the Grocers, green grocers, butchers,

bakers etc, if we were lucky we could get some sweets from the sweet shop with the change.

There usually wasn't any, Mum always gave us the right money.

We would nip to the off licence with my dad on Sundays ,and get the money back on our bottles.

Look at the High Street today, how different is looks from the 70's , I was trying to capture what we all see on a daily basis, the change in our high street in the 21st century.

What will it look like in 2050?

 I doubt I will be around to see it, will it all come full circle like

most things tend to ,well time will tell.