Roger Cecil obituary

Painter whose artistic world was encompassed by the moors and valleys of WalesRoger Cecil, who has died aged 72, was an archetype for the artist who is insufficiently recognised during his lifetime. He was from a working-class background and largely stuck to his home area in the Welsh valleys, uninterested in worldly success but absorbed in trying to be the best possible painter.His inspiration was the fused natural-industrial environment that he saw all around him: “these big, gigantic sort o