This man has been put behind bars for painting Watford, and what’s more, he seems happy about it.
I am the DIY person in our house. Not Mr. S.
This was cut from an advert for Crown Paints. Taken from a Do-It-Yourself magazine, November 1966. I have used the actual advert, not a copy, making this little patch fifty years old.
Do-It-Yourself was a Link House Publication, based in Croydon, at the time still part of Surrey, not yet eaten-up by London.
This is the thirteenth square of a patchwork of so-called men’s stuff. It is made from discarded books, magazines, postcards and junk mail. There are sixteen squares in total. You can see the whole piece here.
All of my work is individually numbered, this piece is 799. It can be found in my shop.
Poor guy, he was supposed to be using red, wasn’t he? I did think he looked a bit – sedate – for a town painter?
I wonder why they didn’t use red…umm
Because I think the hidden message is – maybe this guy doesn’t really know what he is talking about, so maybe – think twice about this paint brand? Subversive subtext here?
Haha, yes
Is he wearing a bow tie to do the painting? No worse than the man on gardeners world last night who was wearing a tweed hacking jacket whilst weeding the beds.
I am decorating at the moment and considering wearing a bow-tie for a laugh because I am fed up with it now.
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