Country Life

A life in oils

KEITH PASK remains spritely and there’s a twinkle in his eye. Almost every room in the 91 year old’s comfortable Kettering home in Northamptonshire is graced by a piece of his lifetime’s artwork, but it’s impossible for the eye not to be drawn to one in particular. The huge mural, too big for any wall space, currently resides on the living-room carpet.

‘That one’s for sale,’ declares Mr Pask. ‘I’ve sold a smaller version of

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