“They all go back to the beginning, a misspent youth and half a life-time watching my friends. At least that’s my reply when asked where I get my ideas from. You may wonder if I have any friends left” - Mark
Mark Huskinson was born at Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire in 1935 from a long line of artists, soldiers and adventurers. He was educated at Ampleforth College where the art room and cricket pitch took preference to academic studies.
When the main grandstand at Aintree Racecourse burned I was offered the proprietorship of the Aintree Gallery adjacent to the winners enclosure, which hadn’t caught fire. My first customer was a young Donald McCain of the Red Rum family fame. He bought 'Been Hunted in Ireland', and paid for it by running a security service to the Tote for his granny over 3 days. Nearly thirty years on he trained a Grand National winner himself.
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