Kenneth Watts
Titled: "Green Street B&B"
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1999
Image Size: 56cm x 71cm
Very good condition.
 
Artist Mr Kenneth John William Watts was born in 1932 in Forest Hill,
South East London. He spent his national service in Kenya staying in the
army until the late 1950's when he made his move to the North East. After moving to Jarrow Kenneth Watts started capturing street scenes of the
local area and created minutely detailed paintings of nearby streets. His love
of drawing developed at a very young age, he briefly attended drawing
classes at night school in his teens but was mostly self-taught. He started to paint the fast-changing townscapes of Jarrow and surrounding areas in the early 1960's developing his technique & skills as he worked. In the late 60’s and
early 70’s Kenneth Watts had a deep involvement in the Jarrow Art Group and was instrumental in organising exhibitions. In his 70's he took a fine art degree at Sunderland University and passed with first class honours.
He died in 1982