Teenage Production

The teenage drawing and paintings shown below have all suffered from haphazard storage, clumsy transport, or a lack of suitable protection by hermetic glazed frames! Nevertheless, they might still have a vague historical charm, or be of interest to my siblings and family.

Early teenage production

Steam Trains

I used to be particularly interested in GWR steam locomotives that were still operating in the 60's. The following paintings were either drawn from memory after trainspotting (SLS Special), or inspired by illustrations in Ian Allan books. 

Unidentified 4-6-0 locomotive hauling a passenger train
Watercolour, 16.5 x 25 cms, unsigned and undated. Private Collection.

No. 1420 and No. 6435 pulling an SLS Special
Watercolour, 17.75 x 25 cms, unsigned and undated. Private Collection.
Painted from memory after "spotting" this train at Lansdown Station, Cheltenham, on the 17th October 1965.

2 Dukedogs headed by No. 3214 haul an up express over Talerddig Bank
Watercolour, 12.3 x 17.7cm, signed W.J.G.W. and dated December 1966. Private Collection.

No. 2935 "Caynham Court" with a Paddington - Cheltenham express
Watercolour 10 x 15 cms, signed W.J.G. and dated December 1966. Private Collection.
A Christmas and New Year Card for Auntie and Grandma, with inscription to rear:
"A WALKINGTON WATER-COLOUR [sic] PATENTED."

A steam train
Watercolour, signed W.J.G.W. and dated 20th February 1967. Private Collection.

No. 3202 "Earl of Dudley"
Watercolour, 11 x 19.5 cms, signed W.J.G.W. and dated 19th April 1967. Private Collection.

Drawings

The following drawing illustrates a view from one of my bedroom windows at our house in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Box Cottage had previously been the home of the Poet Laureate C. Day-Lewis who wrote his first thriller "A Question of Proof" there. This bedroom window view shows neighbouring terrace houses.

View from a bedroom window at Box Cottage in Charlton Kings
Pencil Drawing, signed W.J.G. and dated 17th December 1967. Private Collection.

Grandma "Winnie"
Pencil sketch on paper, unsigned and undated. Private Collection.

My sister Fiona, who has this pencil sketch of my Scottish Grandmother Anna Winnifred Stuart Burnett Munro, thinks I drew it when I was 13 or 14. My brother Sandy thinks I would have been 15, and the drawing can therefore be dated as circa 1967. I have only a vague memory of drawing the profile in the living room of Alderbrae, Tain. The retro wooden frame, that I did not choose, took me by surprise, but I have since become used to it, and today it seems quite fitting for my Grandma "Winnie."

Programme Illustrations for a School Play

The following illustrations were drawn in pen and ink for a Dean Close School production of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot." This well-known tragicomedy was performed in the Tuckwell Amphitheatre at Cheltenham during the evenings of the 13th and 14th June 1969. A fellow pupil, Hugh Quarshie, who played the role of Pozzo, was later to become a successful professional actor.

"Waiting for Godot" programme cover illustration
Pen and ink 20 x 16 cms, signed J.W. and undated.

"Waiting for Godot" programme illustration
Pen and ink 5.2 x 14 cms, unsigned and undated.

Late teenage production

Oil painting

The following oil is the first out of two that I have painted with this media. It was created at Alderbrae, Tain, under the kind tuition of my Scottish Grandma Winnie.

Still life with earthenware and fruit
Oil on paper 35.25 x 45 cms, signed W.J.G. Walkington and undated. Private Collection.
Painted at Alderbrae, Tain, under the kind tuition of Grandma Winnie.

School and home artwork

The still life watercolours that are shown below were painted in Mr Davis's art class at Dean Close School, Cheltenham. The pencil drawings were done at home, and were most likely inspired by, if not copied from, magazine illustrations.

Still life with kitchen utensils, carrots and potatoes
Watercolour 38 x 56 cms, signed W.J.G. Walkington and undated. Private Collection.
Painted in Mr Davis's art class at Dean Close School.

Still life with tuba and bottle
Watercolour 38 x 56 cms, signed W.J.G. Walkington and undated. Private Collection.
Painted in Mr Davis's art class at Dean Close School.

Black man
Pencil drawing 35.5 x 25 cms, signed W.J.G. Walkington and undated. Private Collection.

Fashion girls of the early 70's
Pencil drawing 38 x 28 cms, signed W.J.G. Walkington and dated 9-ii-1971. Private Collection.
This was a reproduction of an illustration - perhaps from the Sunday Times Magazine.

Student artwork

The artwork below was produced in 1971, during my first year at the Department of Architecture of the University of Nottingham.

Easter Island moai statues
Gouache and watercolour 60 x 87 cms, signed John Walkington and undated. Private Collection.
Painted at the Department of Architecture of the University of Nottingham.

Lettering study
Mixed media (ink, paint and transfers) 86 x 60 cms, signed JOHN WALKINGTON and undated. Private Collection.
Created at the Department of Architecture of the University of Nottingham.

Portrait in 1972

Sandy
Pencil drawing on paper, unsigned and undated (1972). Private Collection.

A missing painting?

Should you possess a watercolour that you cannot find here but you think should be on this page, please refer to the section about missing paintings in "Other Information."