View of The Sienne- after Seago, acrylic on canvas paper, tribute to a master

 Edward Seago: They are a microcosm of the richness and diversity of the themes which run through his work, from his early gypsy pictures to his Antarctic travels with the Royal Family. They also reflect his subtlety and nuanced eye for capturing light and atmosphere.Seago was born in East Anglia in 1910 and his precocious talent and ambition to be a painter was apparent from an early age. He was tutored by the Royal Academician and landscape painter Bertram Priestman to whom he had written in 1923, at the age of thirteen. He was also inspired by his East Anglian artistic predecessors, in particular works by the Norwich School and John Constable, and their celebration of the English landscape. By his late teens Seago’s attention had turned to the celebrated equestrian painter and future President of The Royal Academy, Sir Alfred Munnings, whose extensive exhibition at Norwich Castle in 1928 exposed the young Seago to over 250 works by the artist. The following year, with the assistance