Turn of the Century
John continued to paint and exhibit work and to teach as a visiting lecturer at universities in Newcastle and Sheffield as well as giving lessons at the occasional amateur art class. “Eric’s Cafe” was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2009.
This pair of oils painted in 2005 (“Whitby Sands, The White Pony” and “Whitby Sands, The Brown Donkey”) depicts idyllic scenes on the North Yorkshire coast. Like countless others John spent many happy days here with his children and grandchildren. He had these paintings reproduced as prints (available in our website shop) entitled “Beside the Seaside – the White Pony” and “Beside the Seaside – the Brown Donkey”. He could be inconsistent with the naming of his paintings – which keeps us on our toes!