Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Now for something completely different

"Happy are the painters for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour.....will keep them company to the end, or almost to the end, of the day." -Winston Churchill, 1921 December. ("Painting as a Pastime", Strand Magazine; Thoughts, 220-21.)


The Giza Pyramids at Cairo, an oil painting by former Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Photo: Christie’s/PA Wire