Mother & Child, Plaistow Station - Doreen Fletcher Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2019

"For 40yrs on & off, I tried but failed to get work selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. This year I’m pleased to say they made an exception with this painting ‘Mother & Child, Plaistow Station’. Thank you for your support" @thegentleauthor @TownhouseWindow @BowArts

Well done Doreen! A beautiful and evocative painting. 

Plaistow Station. Where I have spent many a cold and windy early morning handing out Labour leaflets to disinterested commuters. 

Doreen Fletcher - A Retrospective

Better late than never but collage is from exhibition in Bow Arts Trust of works by East End painter Doreen Fletcher (who I think lives in Forest Gate, Newham).

What fantastic paintings from someone who so discouraged by lack of recognition that she gave up in 2004. Her paintings only came to public knowledge (and acclaim) in 2014.

I never thought that my Forest Gate Dentist surgery would feature in a work of art.

The exhibition finishes tomorrow (26 March).