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Stafford Art Group

tafford Art Group held its first physical exhibition for two years last December in St Chad’s Church. Visitors, who were invited to vote for their favourite exhibit, chose Doug Blanks’s mixed-media work (above) as the outright winner. When asked about inspiration, Doug wrote: ‘Sammy Cahn, the famous American songwriter, used to say that his inspiration came from the telephone – when someone called

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