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Tom died peacefully at home in my arms surrounded by his family.<\/p>\n
Tom adored his Portrait painting from the Peoples Portraits to The Queen Mother’s 90th Birthday Celebrations, in action on Horseguards.<\/div>\n
Tom used a variety of Mediums equally at home with all, he had the gift of working fast and keeping his sitter at ease.<\/div>\n
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He loved a challenge, one that comes to mind was the remarkable painting commissioned by Sir Christopher Ondaatje, a homage to Leonardo\u2019s Last Supper based on the Bloomsbury Group\u00a0amongst\u00a0others, George Bernard Shaw as Christ and Virgina Woolf as Mary Magdalene.<\/div>\n
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He loved demonstrating \u00a0playing \u00a0to a crowd, telling yarns, unbeknown to his sitters putting horns on their head when it was failing and eliminating them as it progressed.<\/div>\n
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One commission he narrowly missed being got shot at as he was recording a shoot standing in the firing line, he was saved by the game keeper!<\/div>\n
He was painting for an Exhibition at the Mall raising money for the ENO, painting in situ but also joining in the with the tenors, the rehearsal came to a halt when the producer shouted get that man off, he was jettisoned<\/div>\n
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He was very proud to be a member of the portrait society his legacy remains world wide especially with all the family portraits large and small.<\/div>\n