My Dad's Diary : Sat 18th January 1947

"Didn't go anywhere this Saturday. Helped Doris with washing.

Gateshead beaten 2-1 by Southport.

Transport strikers back to work today."

My Dad's Diary : Mon 13th January 1947

"Transport strike - troops brought in.

1 bag of coke from Mother."

Night Station 2

Night Station 2 (oil on canvas, 18 x 24 ins.)

One done, one still under construction:


By the Tracks (work in progress)

Central Hotel with Cars

Central Hotel with Cars (oil on canvas, 24 x 24 ins)

You last saw this one back in July. I decided that it would fit reasonably well in the upcoming Red Box show, especially if, as is possible, I need to hang some of my other Transport pictures to make up the numbers, so I pressed on and finished it.

Referring back to my post about passion and the reason for finishing pictures, it became clear to me today that having a reason, an incentive to finish them is very important. A deadline for an exhibition really gets me moving. If there's no great likelihood of a picture being seen on a gallery wall, I'm far less likely to want to push on to the finalisation.