Today whizzed down to St Leonard's, St Leonards. Always rather a depressing area of coast I think, especially on a drizzly day like today. Church rather shabby looking but a very welcoming helpful lady, and a double sided colour illustrated leaflet about the windows, four double panels each side of the nave and a triple panel in the sanctuary entitled Transfiguration (image above). Early Reyntiens work, I rather liked them except one couldn't see most of them clearly enough.
Brought up in Stockton-on-Tees, went to Sheffield University to study Architecture and ended up with a degree in English. Took a secretarial course and worked in an Architect's office hoping to put myself through art school. Met Graham, married and moved to Saudi Arabia (where I was PA to a Government Minister), then Iraq (I did a correspondence course in Interior Design to fill up the time), then Hong Kong. Our two boys were born there and I worked as a freelance graphic designer. Back to UK (Englefield Green) in 1997, did MA and PhD at Royal Holloway, London University (a hop and a skip down the road). Moved to Kent 2003. The rest is history.
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