Morris Madness
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Night Morris dancing in the Market Place of Somerton, Somerset, based on fond old memories of Somerton. The Morris dancers are from a memory of picketing union members (in costume and performing) outside the gates of Westland Helicopters in Yeovil at a time when the government of Margaret Thatcher had outlawed it. It was a typical gentle west country action that kind of amused me and has stuck in my memory for many years.
About the Artist
Robert Bristow
I live in New Zealand after spending fifteen years in the United Arab Emirates,originally from Dorset, U.K. I have enjoyed painting in oils since I was a teenager, I'm a proud possessor of a GCE Art "O" level pass certificate and studied art part time at Weston Super Mare Technical College - now I'm…
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