'Basingstoke was a blank canvas waiting to be painted'

'Basingstoke was a blank canvas waiting to be painted'

Sian Storey moved to Basingstoke 21 years ago, training to be an art teacher, with dreams to one day become a full time artist.

The moment I knew: I was enchanted by her painting but we never spoke. I wouldn’t see her again for 55 years

In primary school, Larry Garner knew little about the classmate behind a mesmerising artwork of a ship. He often wondered about ‘galleon girl’Find more stories from the moment I knew seriesIn 1961 I was at primary school in north London when our teacher asked everyone in the class to paint a galleon. Without thinking much about it I made a 10-year-old’s attempt, with uninspiring results. When I arrived at school the next day I was surprised to s…