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Knowing the Beatles from Apple days, I was invited to paint in George Harrison’s garden, and have drawings of him and another friend, Anthony Hopkins. During my time in ‘The Mousetrap’ I sang at Langan’s Brasserie, and did a portrait of Peter Langan. I’ve danced with Sinatra, and dined with Robert Mitchum and Buzz Aldrin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   All my work is drawn at the location, my watercolours are colourful and my style, decorative. I have published three illustrated travelogues, two books on my mother’s paintings and a biography of my grandfather. 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