'I started it last Friday when everyone was really excited about the football, I got really caught up in it, my son had gone over there and got a ticket. I was looking for a few nights for a pub with England flags, it was quite hard to find! Found this one - The Calthorpe Arms in Grays Inn Road.
When I started to paint, it brought back loads of memories. I used to drink in that pub with my friends who lived in Calthorpe Street, one of them was in The Pogues...
I realised that my paintings are often a mixture of what's going on now in my life and memories from the past, there's something deep inside that makes me choose the views I paint.'
Melissa Scott-Miller, July 2024