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But, alas, instincts just will not be denied. Within six weeks of leaving school I happened to catch a mouse in a trap.
Was fascinated by the subtle blend of greys that gave the contours of the tiny face, made a much enlarged watercolour painting of it and submitted that to the head of the great Birmingham Central School of Art who awarded me a three year scholarship.
Thus through a simple agency did a kindly Providence ease one O.R. (Old Rydalian) into his desired profession.
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Although I do find distress at the thought of such a sweet mouse in his last throes in that trap, they look at least ten times bigger when they are stealing your cornflakes with teeth bared and that sinister look in those beady little eyes. Love the art work, you have encased him forever in canvas grays.