Saxon

His art has been enjoyed by generations of Royal Children - even his own daughter knew little of his talents.

Saxon Jenkins, who died in 1989, paintings from the Welsh castles, a miniature house given to The Queen when she was six in 1932.

A self-taught artist, he submitted works to the Royal Academy in London.

But he stopped painting after the founding of A Family and his daughter only found out about his Work , as her mother died recently and she found cut-outs.

Margaret Jenkins is now trying to find out more about the Saxon painting.

A miniature thatched cottage, Y Bwthyn Bach (The Little cottage), was The Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) as A Gift from the people of Wales .

at the age of 25 in 1932, Saxon read about it in a newspaper, and wondered why no one furniture had to go after the inside.

So he painted in St Fagans castle near Cardiff, and to provide the since demolished Dunraven Castle near Southerndown as a decoration.

the description of his efforts, he said, an unknown newspaper: "I had to perch on a ledge of rock above The Sea , to a correct view (of Dunraven Castle ).

"One Day there was a sudden fierce storm and the wind and the rain, and I was almost blown into The Sea hundreds of meters below.

"I had to The Rock with one hand and save my precious image with The Other , and climb to safety, could as well as I in The Teeth of the howling storm. "

The efforts were fully appreciated, and The Queen mother asked, he sent a reply, namely, the Royal Family did not accept in the rule, unwanted gifts, But this time were happy.

"for a time, to came Easter, we down for Breakfast and he had drawn all the faces on the eggs," said Margaret.

"Apart from that, it was a picture of a field with a tree and bell-flowers, which was in my nana's front room, and they used to say: "your father painted'.

"you were the only clues that he used to be an artist. "

Margaret's birth coincided with the outbreak of The War , and with a Young Family , she believes that he stopped painting to concentrate on providing for His Family .

she remembers her father as a quiet spoken, qualified electricians that Work in Cardiff's Ely Paper Mill and made crystal radios and model trains out of cardboard in his Spare Time .

A neighbor is thrilled referring to him as "a genius" is the only thing that is in your head, indicating he was incredibly talented.

she added: "When The War broke out in 1943, he was 36.

"It destroys a lot of things. I don't think he has the painting and mentioned his art.

"He had five girls and a boy, and like all the others, so busy was the Work and building the country back up.

"If it were not for The War , he could well have been famous. "

He was born Harold David Saxon Jenkins, 1907, Skewen, Swansea, and in 1933 presented the Work at the Royal Academy in London.

Several Newspapers are lavished the praise on this oil painting, "the changing face of Wales ".

It was a soon-to-be-destroyed rural thatched cottage, with a despondent-looking old man sitting outside, as a car accelerates.

A clipping said it was "remarkable" how he captured The Light and the mood.

Saxon described how he was inspired while Cycling from his Cardiff home to Swansea and went out of the Vale of Glamorgan to pull every weekend.

He would stop and sketch scenes before the completion of landscapes and seascapes.

However, modestly, he told a newspaper: "art is only a hobby for me so far.

"I'm afraid it can never be More Than that, But it is a superb hobby, all the same, and therefore, its own reward. "

As The War began, Saxon worked as a police officer in Ely, and his wife met, which is when his young art seems to have ended a career.

Margaret knew that an aunt in Canada, had gone to her father, the painting, But if you died, you also.

A donation from Cardiff, to The Royal Infirmary in The 1930S , But Margaret fears, all traces of his talents to get out of the communities there, as well as everywhere else.

Source of news: bbc.com