"There are all the other theories but... 'Talked just like a baroness', 'the pretty cabinet' - she always drank Moët & Chandon. I think it is [about] my mother.
One of the lots up for auction is an oil on board, titled on the back in felt tip pen 'Watershed with Arnolfini, City Docks, Bristol'.Local artist and fellow Royal West of England Academy (RWA) member Linda Alvis, who knew him well, said: "I'd consider him as Bristol's Lowry, but a more blobby edition of it."
She described him as a genuinely nice person who would say hello to everyone as he painted, whilst always wearing shorts.Ms Alvis said: "He really was a local treasure that should never be forgotten."A school has said its new murals have strengthened the connection between its pupils and the community.
St Barnabas CE Primary School in Jericho, Oxford, was recently adorned with colourful art reflecting its ethos and depicting life in the area.The murals were painted by local artist Lisa Curtis, aka Lisa Made It, who has helped transform
Head teacher Beccy Harris said the unveiling had taken place at "a great time" as it coincided with the school receiving an upgraded rating of
Ms Harris became the new headteacher 18 months ago and said that at the time the school had a Requires Improvement grade.For Ukrainian observers, the whole operation, a year-and-a-half in the making, remains a marvel.
"This can be considered one of the most brilliant operations in our history," Roman Pohorlyi, founder of the DeepState, a group of Ukrainian military analysts, told me."We've shown that we can be strong, we can be creative and we can destroy our enemies no matter how far away they are."
It's important to note that almost all the information that has emerged since Sunday has been released by the SBU itself.Flushed with its own success, it is keen to cast the operation in the best possible light. Its information campaign has been helped by the fact that the Kremlin has said almost nothing.