Whitby fish wife at the turn of the 20th century
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Another direct watercolour based on an old black and white photograph. Some of my ancestors lived in a fishing community on the East Coast of Scotland, and may well have done something similar to the woman in the picture. Fish wife is a term of abuse ow for someone loud and coarse. But originally it just meant a woman who sold fish - I'm guessing they may well be herring in the barrel.
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David Clark
I've always drawn, but I never took Art as a subject at school, and I've never had any lessons or tuition. I've always doodled in idle moments, and sketched for my own amusement, but I never had the guts to try painting before 2015. I joined the Afan Nedd artists' group that summer, finally plucking…
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