A black and white photograph in a ‘bygones’ type of newspaper inspired the original acrylic painting.
John imagined that the people illustrated were his mam and grandma at the seaside.
‘Plodding’ is the Durham way of describing paddling in the sea or a pool of water.. The word echoes the sound made as a footstep into the water - ‘plodge’.
John is a Nottingham-based artist, with roots in the North East, and is known for his evocative works that delve into social history
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