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Trustees of the David Waterson Trust are pleased to announce that their first AGM is to be held in the Northern Hotel Brechin on Saturday 30 Oct 2010 at 2.30 pm The past twelve months have been both exciting and rewarding with several email contacts from across the globe offering further information, and in some […]

Trustees of the DWT were recently treated to a private view of the entire David Waterson Memorial Collection hanging in the upper floor of the newly refurbished Old Town House Museum and Gallery together with the remaining framed works of DW held by Angus Council It was a bonus to be given a further CD […]

David Waterson had far-reaching talents as would also appear to be the case of this recently launched web site having registered 930 visitors from UK, Netherlands, India, Australia, Canada and the USA, with hits from Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, Illinois, West Virginia, Georgia, Maryland and Tennessee Browsing through a book store in a Tangers […]

Today, only 3 weeks after the launch of the web site, sees a massive addition to this virtual exhibition. 10 sketch books containing over 570 images providing further compelling evidence of the genius that was Waterson. Latest statistics – 636 visits, 21,710 page views from UK, USA, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands – the sketches […]

Since launching the web site one week ago today the site has received 220 individual hits, six thousand eight hundred and fifty page-views and is now just three slots away from making front page of google These are just a few of the ‘vital statistics’ available however the most pleasing for me is the indisputable […]

The David Waterson web site was launched on 12 April 2010, the fifty-sixth anniversary of his death; a million thanks to the Trustees for their sterling effort throughout these past 18 months and to Ubique Design for their expert ‘design and construct’ service. The huge effort and co-operation shown by gallery staff throughout the entire […]

Transcribing David Waterson’s 550 poems written in free hand and in pencil would be a daunting task for anyone; DWT have to acknowledge the magnificent effort of Freida Haggart whose gusto, enthusiasm, willing attitude and a stickler for thoroughness is such that more than half of this unique collection have been transcribed to typed copy […]

David Waterson has been dead for 55 years but his legacy is such that the DWT was able to present in Brechin’s Northen Hotel, 800 of 1600 of his works identified so far, a springboard, prior to the launch of our web site early next year, when millions more will be able to peruse this […]