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His career spanned seven decades, starting with his introduction to art in a prisoner of war camp and stretching into the twenty-first century. He drew inspiration from a wide range of sources, but most especially from poetry and from the landscapes of Cornwall, Yorkshire, the Greek islands and America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eResolutely abstract, his paintings, collages, and sculptures are known for their exuberance and strong colour. 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