Comments on: Henry Silk, Artist https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/27/henry-silk-artist-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:32:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: KeithB https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/27/henry-silk-artist-i/#comment-1522645 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:32:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=197146#comment-1522645 “He used to work for three weeks at basket-making and spend the fourth in the pub”

A life that isn’t healthy, but which wasn’t uncommon in those days when casual employment was more available than now.

Dock work notoriously provided a viable (if perilous) source of income for many unsuited to continuous structured employment. The ports had a steady need for many hands prior to containerisation (one of the biggest undocumented revolutions we have seen).

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/27/henry-silk-artist-i/#comment-1522589 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:57:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=197146#comment-1522589 Ordinary things ….made extraordinary by Henry Silk.
Wonderful paintings, thank you GA.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/27/henry-silk-artist-i/#comment-1522571 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:52:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=197146#comment-1522571 “Hat On Table”………… Wow. Just take it all in for a moment. It is a masterful short story, awaiting each viewer. Note the real-life-versus-still-life arrangement of the items on the table top. Although Silk was more than capable of realistic depictions of objects, notice how he has had a field day creating an eccentric cake-like HAT. The objects in the room are fondly rendered, almost like beloved friends. The scruffy rug underfoot; all colors and textures have long since been worn through. Most of the belongings look like they are a step away from being tossed out — yet they not only persist, they are memorialized.

Humane evocative paintings. Thank you, GA.

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