Hi my names Robert, I’m 22, have been
for a while now, I thought it was time I wrote something about myself
so here goes.
I was born and raised on a farm in
rural Lincolnshire, my father wanted me to be a farmer and I didn’t
so we parted ways about 3 years ago, my early life till I was 17 was
overshadowed by my parents divorce and the subsequent years of lies
evasions mind games and general niceties that go with it. Now my
father started a farm shop butchery, (he was a shit father but can
grow a good bit of beef) so I learnt how to dismember a cow and other
animals there and when I left home I went to work in a butchery in
Lincoln. (least said the better)
I eventually left there and found
myself in Penzance with my partner, and after a year of doing antique
fairs we eventually opened the shop below where we live.
Now my artistic side only really came
out in November last, when I started doing Christmas cards and one
thing led to another and now I have a whole wall of art.
Now just before then I had had a very
bad bout of depression after having visited my father and my partner
made me go to see my GP, went to see him and got my first diagnosis
of clinical depression, tho retrospectively I can now see I have had
it most of my life, (when I finally decided to tell mum, her reply
was, “i'm not surprised” and we had a chat about it which was
great but about 5 years too late. A comment almost as good as when I
told her I was gay, her reply was “have you told your father.”
But now i'm putting that behind me,
well trying, so here I am now, haven’t had any training except a b
in GCSE art and a as level in history of art, and I think i'm doing
OK and I seem to have a demand for my work, and i'm enjoying creating
it so I will continue.
Anyway comments questions criticisms
(preferably constructive) always welcome and if your in Penzance, do
visit, always time for a coffee and chat.
