In my literary endeavors, and in the union of Garth Benton, and Christine Rosamond Benton, we have a new Pre-Raphaelite Craftsman movement in the world. My contribution parallels that of Michael Rossetti who published a newspaper for creative people called ‘The Germ’. It was my dream, as I rendered Grail-like people on my father’s old cabinet radio, that one day I and my siblings would be like the Rossetti family.
The women in Christine’s painting ‘The Story Teller’ could be sitting in front of Garth’s mural in Bob Hope’s home. Here are the New Pre-Raphaelite Women in a decorative setting similar to the one William Morris created that would become the Arts and Crafts movement. Morris was a big influence on J.R. Tolkien – the great story teller – who created another world that many thousands of people have retreated to, never to return.
http://maureentillman.blogspot.com/2011/04/william-morris-father-of-arts-and.html
Jessie and Susan Benton held…
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