God's Little Artist by Sue Hubbard Nick Ascroft as in the title poem

as in the title poem where ‘missing men’ are sought in the “drab city of brick/ penned in by a summer’s haze

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God's Little Artist by Sue Hubbard Nick Ascroft as in the title poemGod's Little Artist is a biography in verse of Welsh painter Gwen John (1876 1939). As with many female painters of the time, John's work was often overshadowed by that of her male contemporaries, especially her brother Augustus John. God's Little Artist is a celebration of her passionate life and work, illustrated with precision, authenticity and the keen painterly eye of the poet, novelist and art critic Sue Hubbard."In fifty years' time," wrote the