South Somerset Homes tenant wins art award
3 June 2005

A tenant of South Somerset Homes who lives at a sheltered housing scheme at Ile Court in Ilminster has recently been awarded a certificate of merit for his oil and watercolour paintings. Ken Burt who is 74 years of age has lived at the scheme for three years and has always had a passion for painting for as long as he can remember.

Pictured here is Ken Burt with just a few of his many collections of paintings of local scenes.

Ken entered a national art competition, which celebrates and promotes the talents of the over 60’s and was very surprised when he found out that he had won a certificate of merit.

Ken said, "Winning this award was a pleasant surprise. Painting for me is a hobby but a totally absorbing hobby. It is something that I have always done and is a part of me.”

Ken works primarily in watercolours and oils, painting subjects ranging from local scenes to landscapes and churches.

Pictured here is Ken Burt with one of his paintings of a local farm scene.