Visionary and eccentric, the worlds created in the paintings of Stanley Spencer are quite unique.  Just as remarkable was his relationship with his two wives. Hilda Carline became his first wife in 1925. Capable of sensitive and tender portraits and Spencer-like landscapes Hilda’s career never fully progressed after her marriage. Spencer then met a Cookham woman, Patricia Preece. She too was an artist but less gifted than her ‘companion’ Dorothy Hepworth. Paintings by Dorothy were exhibited and sold as by Patricia. Spencer became obsessed with Patricia but for her his only attractions were his celebrity status and money