Once upon a Time
24 x 24 ins. Acrylic on canvas. When I was young, I thought there was no other way for a story to begin but with "Once upon a time ...." Many years on, the first words of a story dictates whether I will buy the book or not. In the painting, opening lines of books I have read encircle the engaged reader. They include The English Patient, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Shipping News, The Bell Jar, 1984, Pride & Prejudice, Unless, The Kite Runner, Barney's Version, The Old Man & the Sea, Love is a Many Splendoured Thing, Because I have Loved and Hidden It, Tamarind Mem, The Color Purple, Marrying Hungary, The Stone Angel ........