Backgammon Players Gold Silver & Bronze He showed the work to

He showed the work to the Munich dealer Dr Hans Fetscherin who instantly saw its potential

We’ve had works from this period before in the retrospectives held after Gordon’s death but they are a rare find and it is a pleasure to see one of this quality in the gallery again

unrecognisable to collectors of his late twentieth century croft houses

The day trippers in small craft jostling in amongst the barges at a country lock are reminiscent of many 20th century painters

I’m one mountain away from the Welsh valleys and all the historical industrial scarring that implies

Backgammon Players Gold Silver & Bronze He showed the work toArtist Notes 'The figures here are from the Tarot deck but changed. The Star (Aquarius) has put down the water jug. The Star and the Hanged Man both take a break, to play backgammon or just chill. The Hanged Man still has his legs crossed here in the shape of the number 4 which is something significant in Tarot it indicates a benign ruler. Self ruler too, I suppose.'