Cedric’s Tea Tray
When I wander through charity shops and car boot sales I wonder where the stuff comes from, who owned it? I even invent stories that spool out as I rationalize spending the £1 on the figurine.
I bought the tea tray quite a few years ago at the Needham Market car boot. As I recall it was under a pound. I have never painted it. It has sat in my window with vases crowded into it, keeping the polished oak window pristine, rather than ringed. It is about the only pristine spot in my studio!
When I was reading about Cedric and looking at his paintings, making colour studies after them and wandering around the East Anglian School of painting’s premises, there was a particular blue that made me think of the name ‘Cedric’ and it was that tea tray, faded and bleached by the years. Perhaps it had been Cedric’s?
The pinecone is from Benton End and of course Cedric loved flowers and birds.
When I wander through charity shops and car boot sales I wonder where the stuff comes from, who owned it? I even invent stories that spool out as I rationalize spending the £1 on the figurine.
I bought the tea tray quite a few years ago at the Needham Market car boot. As I recall it was under a pound. I have never painted it. It has sat in my window with vases crowded into it, keeping the polished oak window pristine, rather than ringed. It is about the only pristine spot in my studio!
When I was reading about Cedric and looking at his paintings, making colour studies after them and wandering around the East Anglian School of painting’s premises, there was a particular blue that made me think of the name ‘Cedric’ and it was that tea tray, faded and bleached by the years. Perhaps it had been Cedric’s?
The pinecone is from Benton End and of course Cedric loved flowers and birds.
When I wander through charity shops and car boot sales I wonder where the stuff comes from, who owned it? I even invent stories that spool out as I rationalize spending the £1 on the figurine.
I bought the tea tray quite a few years ago at the Needham Market car boot. As I recall it was under a pound. I have never painted it. It has sat in my window with vases crowded into it, keeping the polished oak window pristine, rather than ringed. It is about the only pristine spot in my studio!
When I was reading about Cedric and looking at his paintings, making colour studies after them and wandering around the East Anglian School of painting’s premises, there was a particular blue that made me think of the name ‘Cedric’ and it was that tea tray, faded and bleached by the years. Perhaps it had been Cedric’s?
The pinecone is from Benton End and of course Cedric loved flowers and birds.