Yet another statue – the great advantage of taking photographs of statues for novice photographers being – do you see?- that they don’t move about.
Following on from what I was saying about the statute of John Betjeman at St Pancras, and its hue, here is another very green man – the bust of Sir Alfred East outside the eponymous Art Gallery in Kettering.
Alfred East RA, painter
East was a painter of very pleasant landscapes. When he died he lay in state in the gallery surrounded by examples of his work, and attracted many thousands of visitors. I don’t want to put ideas into his head, but I wonder whether Damien Hirst might be able to think of some imaginative variations on this idea when his time comes. Perhaps involving bluebottles? But let’s not go there.
The Crimson Rambler 