It was so nice to see the small retrospective of the work of Jean Cooke at the Garden Museum. She was still very much around when I first went to the RA – diminutive, but terrifically feisty, always at the heart of discussions with strongly expressed views.

Here she is in 1958:-

John Bratby from the RCA:-

Hortus Siccus (1967):-

Pansies:-

A beautiful, pioneering exhibition.