Now this is a story all about howMy life became painting sheep and cowI'd like to take a minute just sit right thereI'll tell you how i came to paint right here in this chair South of the river I was born but not raisedI moved to Dorset to spend my earlier daysChilling in the fields and bunking off schoolListening to the Stones just playing it cool My parents said that I had to earn cashSo off to college I did dashStudied animal care to be a vet nurseGot charged by a pig thought hey this is a curse I discovered a talent for drawing and artThought this is a way I can play my partMy sister helped me move in a knackered old vanDown to Cornwall - for my master plan Now I create art on whatever I canGot three kids and married (to a West Ham fan)My work had been seen all over the worldNot bad at all for a scatty Dorset girl
Matthew Lee (the West Ham fan!)