title: Art works.
abstract: As a fine art graduate I have run painting groups in a number of care settings and worked in one care home for over 10 years. A member of the group I ran there died recently at the age of 97. I had worked with Winifred from the very first session and at her funeral service the minister spoke of how she had joined an art group in her care home and about how thrilled she was to discover that she could paint pictures - landscapes, birds and still life. She had said to her friends and family how she wished she had been given the opportunity to paint earlier in her life because she found so much pleasure in it.