Showing a friend around Cardiff Bay recently I went to have a look at the place where my career as a full time painter began. It brought back happy memories of some great times - working from a studio in Perch Buildings and going next door to Buff's for lunch with painters from nearby studios became one of the highlights. Now the buildings look forlorn and empty. I have a studio in the centre of Cardiff, it's the best I have ever had, big and light with large windows overlooking Cardiff Castle but something's missing from the old days - the community of artists and friends who gathered in Buff's on a Friday afternoon when work was forgotten and it became an end of week party.
Buff's and Perch Buildings.
