The Shop that Time Forgot

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Beautifully done Malcolm, sadly these old shop are disappearing so fast , our local tobacconist closed a couple of years ago. Whist I don’t smoke I used to love to see the windows full of pipes etc .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Sat 12 Aug 10:03:46

Really good and long may it continue

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 12 Aug 10:05:12

Like you Paul I am not a smoker but just loved the nostalgia when I saw this. It was one of those 'that would make a great painting' moments. I remember going into the a shop like this to get a quarter of sweets, for a halfpenny.

Posted by Malcolm Davies GRA on Sat 12 Aug 10:20:40

Charming, and beautifully done!

Posted by Anne Fletcher on Sat 12 Aug 14:53:32

When shop fronts were nicely understated. Very nostalgic … nice work.

Posted by Andrew Roles on Sat 12 Aug 17:22:04

The shops of the olden times were so lovely. This represents them so well.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sat 12 Aug 18:26:05

Thanks for the back story, Malcolm. A delightful nostalgic subject painting.

Posted by Carol Jones on Sun 13 Aug 06:16:38

Hang on Studio Wall

12/08/2023

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B A Kerrigan's Confectioner and Tobacconists shop in Perth has a shop front that is pure 1950's / 1960's in style. It's like stepping back in time and is a traditional shop still selling sweets in 'quarters' and is an old fashioned tobacconists too. The business was started in 1912. Here is my Pen & Wash tribute to a long standing business that is surviving despite the decay and empty premises nearby. Painted on St Cuthbert's Mill 140lb Bockingford with White Nights watercolours.

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Malcolm Davies GRA

I studied art at school in the early 1970's and my early paintings were all aircraft based. As my personal interests changed so did my artwork, and I moved into motor cycles and cars. My first car based commission in 1978 was for a Jensen CV8. In the years since then my artwork has gone…

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