No 1095 Monday 29th September- Sunday 5th October 2025
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A G E R E A L LY I S J U S T A N U M B E R A S 7 5 Y E A R O L D R E A L I S E S A RT I S T I C A M B I T I O N
By John McGregor
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oday, Benijofar resident Brian Watson is an artist and a very good one too, see his work. But it wasn’t always like that. Brian takes up the story:
‘I was brought up in Walthamstow, E.17 at a Church of England Childrens Home which I absolutely loved. At school I was told I had hidden talents making plasticine models, and felt I really came alive in art lessons. At the third time of trying I was adopted by a family with one other older son. Aged fourteen it was time to leave school and my art teacher suggested I put my creative talents to use by going to a commercial arts school. I was excited and thrilled but my step-father, with whom I never really gelled, told me to get a proper job and not waste my pipe dreams. The following week I stopped by a local Butcher’s shop and ended up waiting all day for the manager to come back. Eventually he did and offered me a job due to my persistence – and I began a career in butchery. I enjoyed dressing the window every day, and I loved looking in the shop next door that sold paintings.
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