Above the Bookshop

61X75cm, acrylic on board, framed

In school holidays we had to go with Mum to the bookshop where she worked. It was kind of boring, but the one consolation was a room above the shop with a comfy couch and plenty of books to read. The thing I remember most? The purple Sanyo vacuum cleaner of course! It had a mismatched metallic green head which really fascinated me. I think my artist's eye was already forming...