Nicholas Horsfield died just 2 weeks after his retrospective opened at Liverpool University Art Gallery. Which reminds me that although I went to the private viewing I haven't reviewed it yet. I must go back and have a proper look and write about it. The exhibition runs until July 29th.

Painter and teacher, he was one of the most influential members of the Merseyside art world

'A member of the Liverpool Academy of Art from 1954, and its president from 1960 to 1965, Horsfield was also a member of the Merseyside Contemporary Artists. He had many solo shows and his work is in many public and private collections, including the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.'

'He delighted in independent spirit and demonstrated an extraordinary ability to spot the moment at which a student had seen the light.'
Obituary in todays Guardian