'I Never Touched Him' by Peter Smith
Once upon a time there was a huge fan of Peter Smith... his name was John Wass. He loved to buy the prints and soon had quite a collection... Whenever Peter was due to do an appearance John and his wife Diane (also a huge fan) would attend to say 'hi' and have a chat about the latest releases!
One year Peter brought out a series of prints under the banner of 'Smithy's World Cup' and one of the prints was called 'I Never Touched Him'... The image was taken from a famous incident between David Beckham and the referee in an England vs. Argentina World Cup match .
John learned that he was the person being thought of for inspiration when Peter was painting the referee... with that larger than life character towering above the footballer...
Armed with that information John set about tracing the original to the print and finally managed to aquire it for his own collection!
This is the dedication on the reverse of Johns copy of the 'I Never Touched Him' print - showing the naming of the characters!
John is immensely proud of these two pieces and we both continue to be big fans of the work of Peter Smith!
With all the excitement surrounding 'The Bimps' Peter Smith is going to be a bigger name then ever so watch this space for news...
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