INSIDE THIS SEVENTH ISSUE OF THE ART OBSERVER TRIBUTES TO ERIC J MORTEN, BOOK DEALER & LANDLORD OF WARBURTON ST. SEE PAGES 4/5 WE ASK LANDSCAPE ARTIST RICHARD CLARE 8 QUESTIONS SEE PAGES 14/15 DAWN ROWLAND SCULPTURES IN BRONZE AND STONE AT BRUNTWOOD SEE PAGES 6/7 THE ART OBSERVER Art News from Wendy J Levy Contemporary Art July 2010  Issue No. 7 Spectacular Art Bus Launches Exhibition by Sir Peter Blake and Sandra Blow An exhibition of work by Sir Peter Blake RA and Sandra Blow RA was recently opened at the Wendy Levy Gallery in Didsbury, Manchester.  The exhibition comprises of original silkscreen prints by two of Britain’s most iconic artists. It was fitting that this exhibition should be launched by the amazing Art Bus that was designed by Sir Peter Blake. The idea of the bus was born in March 2008 when Sir Peter and Lady Blake were in discussion with Gallery owners and Directors of CCA Galleries regard- ing the possibility of having a travelling show that would have the ethos of a Rock n’ Roll tour.  The bull was taken by the horns and by May of the same year Lance Trevellyan, MD of CCA, had bought a 20-year-old double decker bus that had, in a previous life, toured the streets of Liverpool, a place close to the heart of Sir Peter Blake. The dream was to convert the old bus into something very special. Full story continued on P2 Wendy Levy and The Art Bus