‘Romantic tryst at Seaton Delaval Hall circa 1959’, (2013) oil on linen, 76 x 102 cm  2013

In the late 1950s I acquired a cheap old car and used it take trips into the Northumberland countryside from Newcastle upon Tyne. One day I invited a female art student (Pauline Armstrong) to a day out at Seaton Delaval Hall, Seaton Sluice, in the hope of furthering a romantic relationship. The stately home - 1718-29 - was designed in an English Baroque style by Sir John V...