We are pleased to announce that a portfolio by Tricia Porter has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London. The portraits are of the Cornish poet and writer Jack Clemo, his wife Ruth and mother Evelyn. Clemo came to public notice when his work was featured in the Penguin Modern Poets series, and the fact that he was blind for most of his life and also contracted profound deafness brought him attention from circles wider than literary ones.
The portraits were made in 1975. Top, Clemo at the window of his home in Goonamarris, Cornwall. Bottom left, Ruth Clemo writes on Jack's palm with her finger, their normal way of communicating. Bottom right, Evelyn Clemo, Jack's mother.
Prints of these portraits either individually or as a set can be purchased from
Tricia Porter.
