Knock. Mayo 1969.

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Lovely. Knock is very special to me Tom, because all my dad's family come from there (he was one of ten children) . As a young lad (10 or so) I was an altar boy and we were over there and I got to serve mass in the shrine itself , an honour I only realised the honour of much later. This was twenty years or so before the 69 troubles. We have no contact now as both my parents are long deceased, but Knock is forever in my heart.

Posted by Jim Morris on Mon 15 Mar 15:19:55

Lovely sketch and interesting to read what you have written

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 15 Mar 15:46:44

Like the drawing and the story - have been to Knock.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Mon 15 Mar 17:07:18

Lovely portrait Tom.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Mon 15 Mar 18:54:48

Thank you Jim, Heather, Maureen, and Linda. An altar boy seemed to be the thing to be in the 1940s. Was one myself.

Posted by Tom Small on Tue 16 Mar 09:22:53

Lovely portrait, very special memories dear Tom

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 17 Mar 05:19:37

Lovely portrait!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Wed 31 Mar 18:19:11

A beautiful portrait.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Wed 31 Mar 19:44:29

Hang on Studio Wall

15/03/2021

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Pencil portrait of my wife's bridesmaid buying a prayerbook at the shrine from a photo. We returned to Dublin after our visit to see Alice just in time to see the violence erupt when the B specials attacked a peace march on the news. That was the start of years of bloodletting.

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In 1979 my wife organised a series of painting lessons with a French Artist who taught art in a college in north west London. The painting lessons turned out to be anything but. For ten months he made me draw anything from toe nail clippings to the pieta and paintings in the various galleries…

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