SOLD 'Haul away'. Drifter in rough seas Original drifter rope frame. VERY LARGE £1300SOLD 'welcome home'
  
 SOLD 'safe harbour' SOLD 'Peggattys hut'

 FOR SALE Driftwood gatherer £225 FOR SALE Lavender picker £225

 FOR SALE Seaweed gatherer £225 FOR SALE Cockle girl £225
  
 FOR SALE 'last catch before christmas' ON DISPLAY currently on loan to the Cromer lifeboat station.

Private collector FOR SALE ON REQUEST

SOLD 'The lavender pickers'.

 

FOR SALE Admiral Lord Nelson. Beautiful intricate gold frame from Italy. £1950.SOLD Gorleston RNLI rescue
  
 AWAITING IMAGE
FOR SALE Lydia Eva 'crossing the bar' AWAITING INFO


Ernie's work, whether a sculpture, a pen-and-ink drawing, an oil painting or a hand carved tankard is deeply influenced by the characters and characteristics that the sea-going way of life breeds. The weather-beaten faces and hands, the tough bodies - honed by hard graft, the courageous spirit, - hearts as big as dustbin lids, are the inspiration for his life's work. From lifeboat sheds and council chambers to the mantel shelves and display cainets of ordinary folk like him, fine examples of the work of Ernie Childs are here for posterity.

About Ernie the artist.

 Born and brought up in the medieval Rows of Great Yarmouth, Ernie Childs could be said to have the 'salt' in his bones. Nothing unusual in that hereabouts, Ernie has spent his life within a stones-throw of the beach and river, closely connected with all things maritime.
Just a lad during the once-great era of the herring fishing industry, when the town was filled with hard-working, hard-playing men and women from as far afield as Orkney and Shetland, who had followed the herring season in an effort to make a living. Nevertheless, this period in the history of the town has made an indelible impression on him.