Peter Markey obituary

Our father, Peter Markey, who has died aged 86, was one of the leading figures in the world of contemporary automata and a prolific painter.Born in Swansea, Peter was the son of Marie (nee Tuer) and Edgar Markey. Edgar was a trawlerman, and Peter and his twin sister, Pauline, would often look out from their house on Town Hill towards Swansea Bay, waiting for their father’s boat to appear before running down to meet him. The image of a solitary boat on the horizon became a recurring theme i