Distress caused over hospital painting destruction

Rosie Smith with a tile paitning of Rodney Legg earlier this year.

Tom Wright, Reporter Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:40 AM

AN ARTIST has hit out at the thoughtless destruction of a piece of artwork she donated to Weston General Hospital.

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Rosie Smith gave a ceramic tile painting of Weston promenade in 1993 only to now find out by chance it was destroyed last year, despite a contract with the hospital saying it must inform her if any damage was sustained.

It was displayed in the Quattock Unit but during renovation work last year appears to have been discarded.

Mrs Smith raised her concerns with the hospital board, which has since told her it will investigate with the contractors what happened.

She only realised what happened to her painstaking creation, when she paid a visit to the ward recently.

Mrs Smith said: I am hugely distressed at the thoughtless destruction of a piece of artwork that I feel to have been amongst my best.

The lost painting represents over four months of work. Its unbearable to think it ended up in a builders skip.

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Distress caused over hospital painting destruction