In 1970 Angela Flowers founded a London gallery that was to become one of the leading showcases for British art. It launched many younger artists, promoted the work of established names, and in due course expanded into America.
Last month Flowers East, on the edge of East London, devoted its superb space to an exhibition by Peter Howson. At 43 one of Scotland's best-known contemporary painters, he commands six-figure prices and is collected by the likes of Madonna, Sylvester Stallone and David Bowie.
He has been an alcoholic for many years. After working in Bosnia as the official UK war artist, it was to alcohol he turned for help when images of the war returned in horrendous flashbacks. In 2001 he was admitted to a rehabilitation clinic with alcohol addiction and drug abuse.
