An international reputation TONY is a largely self-taught artist, starting as a child. He has a studio in Duke Street, Liverpool. In 2000, his paintings were used in an exhibition promoting the Beatles at the legendary Bloomingdale's department store in New York. But he is perhaps best known for his doodles, or line drawings, most famously of the Liverpool and New York waterfronts. After 9/11 in 2001, Tony was left with the dilemma of whether to remove the Twin Towers. He kept them in because he thought they would remain in the collective memory, but they are not as sharply outlined as the other buildings, leaving a ghostly impression. Also, he drew the image of St Anthony's Church, which was used on mugs and t-shirts to mark the 200th anniversary of Scotland Road, Liverpool, in 2003. Still searching for those famous faces TONY'S list is not yet complete but the 100 living Merseysiders will include Ken Dodd, Dean Sullivan, the actor; Michael Kelly, retired carpenter, historian and author; Kay Kelly, community campaigner with the spirit of old Liverpool; Colin McKeown, film maker, writer and restaurateur; Jack Sharkey, former trumpeter, soldier and survivor of appalling conditions in Japanese PoW camps; Angela Heslop, Radio Merseyside Arts Editor; Andrew Schofield, the actor; Willy Russell, the playwright; Ron Formby, editor of the Scottie Press and community campaigner; Alan Bleasdale, writer; Tom Williams, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool; Tony Brown himself, his wife Lorraine; Dr Wai McWatt, the retired ophthalmologist, who saved the sight in Tony's right eye; Linda McDermott, the Radio Merseyside presenter; Olaf Brommeland, the Norwegian general manager of the Radisson Hotel on Old Hall Street, Liverpool; Bernard and Loretta Hearn, solicitor and businesswoman; Hugh and Cathy Frost, builders of Beetham Towers; Joe Flannery, music promoter and Merseybeat expert. The Charter Canvas will have King John, John Lennon, Bill Shankly, Dixie Dean, William Gladstone; Kitty Wilkinson, the pioneer of public wash-houses and many, many others. * READERS with names they would like to suggest should write to David Charters, Features Department, Daily Post, Old Hall Street, Liverpool L69 3EB or davidcharters @dailypost.co.uk These will be passed on to Tony, who hopes soon to have a website detailing the work in progress. |
