The Newsagent  2014

oil on linen, 140 x 100 cm [br] During the 1940s and 1950s, in British cities, there were large, working class areas of smoke-blackened, brick terraces dating from Victorian times. This drab, uniform environment was relieved by the presence of corner shops, pubs and newsagents. The latter provided a splash of colour in the form of magazines and comics with illustrated...