A series of paintings
to complement Johnnie's up-coming anecdotal autobiography.
It Beats Working For A Living ! which will feature many of the people and
places he has worked with and visited during his long career in showbusiness
- each painting sparking off its own appropriate story or anecdote.
Here is a preview
of some of the work to date - some unfinished.
Terwick
PlaceThe home of hit composer Les Reed and his wife June. Les and Johnnie worked together on several shows over many years including The International Pop Proms.
All
Saints Church
Carshalton, Surrey - as it was in 1793 - and where Johnnie and Vee were married
160 years later !
Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy
One of the first acts Johnnie booked into the Granada theatres - in the early
fifties.
