Tenby Museum and Art Gallery had a long and happy relationship with artist Eric Bradforth, who sadly passed away on November 1.

He sat on the governing executive committee for a number of years and was an honorary life vice-president and he brought his artistic knowledge and design skills to a number of projects within the museum.

Without any fuss or grandstanding, he assisted in the layout of many exhibitions and displays, including the recreation of a cave where he worked closely with another local artist and longstanding museum volunteer, Doug Perry.

Today, Eric's skills as an artist can be seen throughout the museum. His mural of Tenby from the harbour is the first thing that visitors to the museum see when they step through the front door and it is fitting that the word ART is often superimposed across the image when the sunlight shines through the adjacent window and highlights the sign that is printed on the glass.

In the art gallery, his work The Mayors Slip is the quirkiest picture of Tenby harbour anyone is ever likely to see, in which the town of Tenby is reflected in a pool of water in Tenby harbour and the picture itself is a reflection of the talent and imagination that Eric possessed.

Perhaps his most well-known work in the museum is Tenby in 1586, a finely detailed and fully researched recreation of the streets of the Elizabethan town. Many visitors have spent long periods of time studying the detail of the picture where each individual stone of the town walls has been given its own unique shape.

The museum was exceptionally grateful to Eric's dedication and to have had the honour and pleasure of knowing the man. He will be sadly missed.