“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato (427 BC – 347 BC) I went for a bicycle ride with my six-year-old daughter on Parkland Walk, a trail that used to be a train track. She’s new to riding and this was the…… Continue reading Finsbury Park to Highgate by bike
Category: iPhone illustrations
Documentary paintings made on iPhone and iPad
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Grace Jones
Grace Jones burst into my life in the early 1980’s with her singles ‘My Jamaican Guy’, ‘Pull Up to My bumper’ and subsequently the albums ‘Warm Leatherette’ and ‘Nightclubbing’. Then there was her iconic look and style. Talk about Girl Power! She still has it at the age of 62… More importantly, for a black…… Continue reading Grace Jones
Arthur Wharton
Arthur Wharton (1865 – 1930) The World’s first Black Professional Footballer – and also the world’s first 100 Yard record holder (10 seconds in 1886). Arthur Wharton, the son of the Rev. Henry Wharton, a Wesleyan Methodist missionary from the West Indies, was born in Accra, Ghana on 28th October, 1865. Arthur was brought to…… Continue reading Arthur Wharton
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