1st December 2011

WEYMOUTH: Painting comes back home to its beginning

By Harry Walton

A BIRMINGHAM artist so liked a sketch by local historian Eric Ricketts that he photographed it and produced a full scale painting from it.

Ray Duffy then donated his painting to Weymouth’s Tudor House where he had first seen the sketch.

He said: “I just liked the idea of 400-year-old buildings existing surrounded by a modern harbour.

“The sketch captured boat building in the 1600s and producing a painting of it was a labour of love. I enjoyed every minute of it.”

The painting and sketch show water right into Ope where the Tudor House was built.

Tudor House custodian Eileen O’Brien said: “We are delighted to get this painting and it was very generous of Mr Duffy to donate it.

“We will have to find a suitable place to hang it. He suggested the loo!”

PICTURE: Ray Duffy presents his painting to Eileen O’Brien at Tudor House.

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