{"id":577,"date":"2013-01-29T11:20:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T11:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/?p=577"},"modified":"2013-01-29T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T11:27:30","slug":"old-paintings-clearing-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":"Old Paintings: Clearing the past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-577 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl 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Indeed they are a tacit reminder of how much their illnesses imobilised them both. In the process of clearing my family home for future sale I also had to confront another loss. The last time I had a viable painting space before gaining a new studio in 2011 in Nottingham (not counting a brief attempt to start again in 2005\/6) was a garage at my parents last utilised in 1993. In it I left stored all my paintings from a ten year period in London (1979-89) and over the years at least half of the works had to be destroyed as eaten by mice (rolled canvases) and the rest on board stayed in garage. As the garage became dilapidated following my father&#8217;s death they too were affected. Finally in August this year I broke up the remaining large hardboard oils (some 8 feet by 4 feet)as a final act of closure&#8230;.maybe on painting too. Here a sequence of photos showing their storage and final end. The white bycycle is my mother&#8217;s bike that I toured the downs on when completing a sequence of nearly 70 charcoal representational drawings on in 1991-2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/garden1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-589\" alt=\"garden1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/garden1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/garden1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/garden1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/garden1.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/garden1.jpg?w=2028&amp;ssl=1 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shed1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-590\" alt=\"shed1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shed1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shed1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shed1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shed1.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shaunbelcher.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/shed1.jpg?w=2028&amp;ssl=1 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have posted photographs below from my father&#8217;s shed and my mother&#8217;s garden \u00a0both of which became neglected as their illness progressed. 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