Susan Caines - Finds on a Flea Market in Devizes
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Today only a 'quickie', I'll travel to Bremen tomorrow and still haven't packed. When we stopped our narrowboat in Devizes, I had the chance not only to view the impressing Norman church tower and a beautiful medieval house (and the brewery Wadworth, of course), but also the 'Flea Market & Collector's Fair', and as always I bought what I liked. The picture above shows a daintily etched cat - beautifully framed by the artist herself. (The colours are more beautiful than here). It is no. 38/75 of "Catnap." Signature: "S. Caines". On the back of the frame I found Susan Caines old address and telephone number in Bristol. "Well", I thought, "I like it. It costs less than a coffee in a coffee shop. If it is worthless, it doesn't matter: I will hang it as a signal that I take just that: "A catnap" (which I seldom do). At home I learned that Susan Caines belongs to the ' Bath Society of Artists ' . In...