AV News 197 - August 2014
Frank had had a very serious
stroke about ten years before, but
this did not stop him from painting,
he forced himself to hold the brush
and paint one brush stroke at a
time - hence the title of this article
and the AV.
Frank did not paint the beautiful
things in life - he preferred to paint
about atrocities and tragedy, much
to the consternation of his children
and his wife Mary.
Mary insisted that the
atrocity paintings were
mounted on the wall
behind where she sat,
so that she would not
have to look at them all
the time!
Frank was a tank
commander and went
through the siege of
Tobruk in the Second
World War. He ended up
a prisoner of war in
Germany and saw much
tragedy and atrocity during that time.
These are all captured in his paintings
and perhaps explains his need to paint
such images.
I showed Frank and Mary the
completed AV in their home and they
were fascinated. Very soon afterwards I
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