Becky Bartos is the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Whatley III. Becky has generously sent us her father’s collection of photographs from his time with the 8th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, in WW2 Europe 1944 to 1945. She says “He was born March 25, 1923 in Dothan, Alabama. He volunteered for active
Picture posts
Pictures of something that interests us, that don’t always have a postcard match.
Wild at art, in Pirou
First published 5 October 2016 After looters, the graffiti artists were next to visit the abandoned holiday village in Pirou. For fifteen years they have created vibrant images on these crumbling walls, the local police asking only that they leave no rubbish. It was a colourful secret until early this year
Exploring the manor houses of Calvados, in 1937 – photo post!
The painter of pretty Normandy; Louis Aston Knight – Picture post!
First published 2017 There are fashions in art, and carefully laid out histories that link artistic movements together. And then there are the other paintings. Pretty things that people hang on wall and like to look at without thinking very much. Except perhaps to remember clear, slow rivers touched by softly
