Charting life in a village – Brian Fleming, pub landlord Darran Lingley, Catherine Hales and artist Nick Chapman with the 11ft mural
AN ARTIST has painted a mural depicting village life in Colne Engaine.
Nick Chapman, 60, a retired deputy headteacher, described the painting as a cross between Where’s Wally and the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
He has given the Five Bells pub the painting in 10ins-square pieces. He is not being paid, but the pub is giving him a ticket to visit one of his daughters in Bangaladesh in exchange.
Well-known village figures in the painting include George Courtauld, of the influential Courtauld family, the Rev Viv Brooks, Richard Grace and his Second World War Spitfire and X Factor winner Matt Cardle.
The pub plans to turn the separate pieces into an 11ft wide canvas.
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