Bohuslav Barlow (1947-), The Mermaid, signed, oil on canvas, 49.5 x 74.5cm.; 19.5 x 29.5in. * He began showing with South-East London Art Group and the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1970 and went on to appear in numerous group exhibitions, including Hartnoll & Eyre, 1976; MAFA from 1982; Chalk Farm Gallery, 1984 and House of Commons in a show of Calderdale Artists, 1987. Showed solo at Ginnel Gallery, Manchester and Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, 1989. Rochdale Art Gallery and Museum and Leeds City Council hold his work.