'Song Of The Open Road'

By Ricky Romain 2015

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Dimensions
220cm x 110cm

Title taken from a poem in the Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. This piece is one of two paintings for the Democracy project in Bridport. Opens 15th September at Bridport Arts Centre. The whole project has received generous support from Arts Council England.(ACE)

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'Some of the times I have cried' detail panel 3

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'The Musicians who only play and sing for the drowning' No 7

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Exiled Memories of Lost Generations

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