Description

Victoria’s Promise.

Who is Victoria?

The woman in red in the foreground, making or receiving a promise with her lover? The little girl, promising to be good and to take care of her pocket money? The woman asking for directions from the policeman? Or, indeed, any of the other women seen here?

Could she even be more than one of them?? Or again….might Victoria be the station? As a child in the 1960s, a trip through a railway station always promised great excitement, as it meant we were going on holiday, or at the very least a day out. (They were always called railway stations, not ‘train’ stations).

As with so many of my images – and especially this one – the possibilities for stories are virtually endless. The one you decide on ultimately will be shaped by whatever your own life has shown you so far, regardless of whether you actually remember scenes which looked like this.

From the original oil on canvas by Tim Shorten. ‘Victoria’s promise’ is a giclee print, on canvas, measuring 100 x 30cm with a 4cm border to allow for framing (108 x 38cm sheet size). Registered with the Fine Art Trade Guild as an ArtSure approved, limited edition of 25 prints. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist.