September 2022 (#070)
The daughter of the niece from Jersey is Mum’s 2nd cousin Antoinette Hérivel, and she is a painter in Gabriola Island, British Columbia (which, incidentally but interestingly, she acknowledges as being on the unceded territory of the Snunéymuxw First Nation).
Antoniette’s work is often autobiographical, and I did know that she had spent time in Swindon when I found them in the census. However, it was still surprising to see that her Facebook banner is a picture of Swindon in the 1950s, complete with reference to the works hooter!
She has had many exhibitions over the decades but her first publically displayed painting was in Swindon Town Hall.
More of Antoinette’s work can be seen on Instagram.