Another Fish Shop painting...

I have just stumbled on another painting Ian made around the time of the Putney Fishmonger picture. Its an interior of Burkett's Fish Shop in Brompton Rd and can be seen here: click here . It has a great feeling of light and space.

Ian on Antiques Roadshow - BBC1 March 6th

A painting of Ian's appeared on the 6th March edition of the Antiques Roadshow. The picture is a large oil painted in 1958 of a fish shop in Putney (a Billingsgate precursor?)...

Update - 6 March
Describing Ian as a 'commercial artist' does him a disservice. Although true to a degree (and possibly true of many an artist who has to pay their way) I think the images on this blog show a greater - more heartfelt and urgent - part of the story. In time I hope this is what he will be remembered for...