Blue Pub +Codner-John With All Saints Church shining

With All Saints Church shining through the mist in the background

King George VI and Sir Winston Churchill were among Coopers portrait subjects

The artist still lives in the borders and his work is very popular and sought after

The right panels depicts the three wise men and the left panels the three shepherds visiting the manger

Oil on canvas    20" x 29"   (with frame  26" x 34")     signed

Blue Pub +Codner-John With All Saints Church shiningBorn South Bank, Middlesbrough in 1944. Studied at Middlesbrough College alongside Len Tabner and David Mulholland. He paints what he sees and feels in the Northern Art style. His subjects reflect the gritty local characters living in the area of South Bank with its heavy industry, steel works and ship yards. In 2014 the National Football Museum in Manchester acquired Watson's "Matchday at Ayresome Park". Oil on board 24" x 36" Signed (Unframed)