We are hitting the road this week to travel south to a village called #Poynings and back in time to 1940, Eastertime also. Which would have been late March then. Poynings lies within the South Downs National Park. Here, we will meet artist #HubertJohnWilliams (1905-1989). Williams was born in Beckenham, Kent. His early years saw him studying at St Martins School of Art and the L.C.C. Schools. Later, he attended the Royal Academy, where he won the Landseer Prize.

Williams was known as a portrait artist, landscape painter,etcher, and illustrator. During WWII, he worked as a cartographer, and after the war, he became an illustrator for children’s educational publications.

Above is the watercolour by Williams in my collection. We are looking southwest towards Poynings with the South Downs Hills and Devils Dyke in the distance. We see Holy Trinity Church which dates to around 1369 in this form.

It is a beautiful and atmospheric image of early spring morning.