#80 Scent of a Sausage Doris sold Brook painted his first wife

Brook painted his first wife Peggy many times but this coy little portrait is so intimate a study

Both paintings portray Claire Stafford and therein lies a story

I think originally I felt I’d just discover it was by a celebrated court artist of the day and pay off my mortgage but it’s clearly not as easy as Philip Mould makes it look

Originally intended for publication in 1939 the drawings were trapped in Poland where eventually they were purloined by the Gestapo

Paisley Museum holds a fine example of the same beach viewed from the water

#80 Scent of a Sausage Doris sold Brook painted his first wife'LOVE ALWAYS' embossed on Doris' rear.