My wartime childhood was spent in garden and field at the edge of the Kentish suburban countryside with my twin sister; always drawing, reading and playing made-up games.

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My aim in painting is to re-create plainly and beautifully the objects and atmosphere of the world around me on a flat surface to hang on a wall.

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Stella Cardew, January 2015

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photo: Stella Cardew as a child with her mother and siblings Raymond and Freda