I’m a real culture vulture, me.
The other week my wife and I went to a special exhibition of Canaletto paintings in Bath, followed by a trip to the National Gallery in London to see yet more Canalettos (you might have guessed who my favourite artist is at the moment).
I like to think I know a bit about it, and they didn’t give me an O Level in art for nothing, either. And if you want my opinion, an exhibition currently taking place in Swindon is as impressive as anything you can see in Bath or London.
You’d better hurry, though, because it ends on Wednesday.
It features 60 paintings and drawings by Frank Quinton, whose atmospheric scenes are so captivating, I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that even Canaletto would be proud of them. It is hard to believe works of such supreme quality are on display in Swindon, but there is a good reason: Quinton lived here for most of his life, and loved to paint views of his home town.
And at a time when Swindon Borough Council is being berated for hiding our light under their bushel, by failing to…
