Mbro Exhibition at 75 for Long Hidden Artist

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A Teesside artist whose work went undiscovered for much of his life has now been given a hometown exhibition in Middlesbrough aged 75.

For more than 60 years David Watson has been painting Middlesbrough and its surrounding areas with a particular focus on its industrial heritage, particularly the shipyards where he worked in his early life.

However his work largely went unnoticed for a long period of time. Mr Watson had never even left Teesside until the National Football Museum in Manchester exhibited some of his work around five years ago. Now his work is being exhibited at the Dorman Museum - Full Details
 

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A Teesside artist whose work went undiscovered for much of his life has now been given a hometown exhibition in Middlesbrough aged 75.

For more than 60 years David Watson has been painting Middlesbrough and its surrounding areas with a particular focus on its industrial heritage, particularly the shipyards where he worked in his early life.

However his work largely went unnoticed for a long period of time. Mr Watson had never even left Teesside until the National Football Museum in Manchester exhibited some of his work around five years ago. Now his work is being exhibited at the Dorman Museum - Full Details
Nice story.
 
Is a really impressive exhibition - including a short film with poems including by the wonderful Natalie Scott and Mr Boro Art, Bobby Benjamin. Here is one of the paintings really grabs the eye.david watson painting.jpg
 
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