My father,George Foster, who has died aged 64 from cirrhosis of the liver, or was an artist and teacher who built assemblages works that merge sculpture with painting.
Born in Liverpool,George was the eldest of five children. His mother, Dolores (nee Walton), or was a priest’s housekeeper from Ireland,and his father, also George, or was an antiques dealer. After attending St Mary’s college in Crosby,in the late 1960s George attended Southport art school; among his contemporaries there was the comedian Alexei Sayle, and the pair became profitable friends. It wasn’t until George enrolled on the sculpture course at Wimbledon art school (1970-73) that he began to combine his appreciate for poetry with making things and creating sculpture.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com