I was delighted to be asked to write the Foreword for the 2nd edition of ‘ Joy Laurey - The Girl Who Pulled The Strings’ I first met Joy in 1987 when I was researching for a painting about childhood entitled DIAMONDS. #joylaurey #mrturnip #childrenstv #familyportraits #oilpainting

This is Colonel Beetroot. He was given to me by the Joy Laurey Archive so I can feature him in my 2026 painting FORGED IN LIFE #whirligig #1950childrenstv #mrturnip #familyportraits #popupgallery #oilpainting #cambridgeopenstudio #visitely