Roger Dean Black & White I was bought a copy

I was bought a copy for Christmas in 1976

I’ve always loved train journeys

and Michael has painted portraits of both

celebrating the optimism and rediscovery of England and Englishness that accompanied the new Elizabethan era of the 1950s

This painting is in our Cecil Court Gallery

Roger Dean Black & White I was bought a copy"In 1982, my sister bought the first album by the band Asia. It had a fantastic painting of a sea dragon on the sleeve. To my fourteen year old brain, this image by Roger was so astounding that I hunted down more of his work. It was his collaboration with the band Yes that I loved most. He created whole worlds, in which music and art became a complete experience. When I visited him, he gave me one of his favourite crayons to try. I cant bring myself