'It shows it's never too late!' Painter who gave up art as young man finally gets his break - at 72
An artist who dusted off his easel six years ago to re-ignite his passion for painting and drawing has said recent success has been “amazing”.
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Sean Drumm from Highley, now 72, was a keen artist as a young man but family commitments and his career put paid to his painting.
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However, since retiring six years ago, he has received commissions from as far afield as Europe after taking up his pastime again.
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Sean, who is currently exhibiting his work at the Bishop Percy's Tea Room in Bridgnorth until mid-September, is now working with a group of other artists to get a permanent gallery in the Shropshire market town.
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