As Cooper and I talk, he picks up some jaunty blue picture discs featuring the tune and muses on the comic aspect of Wyllie’s work. How much have we missed by fixating on this one facet?

Will Cooper, director of the new gallery dedicated to the legacy of artist George Wyllie, discusses the enduring appeal of his work All Sections Dare to be Honest ...

Wyllie's daughter, Louise, said it had been a joy to witness fresh energetic people bringing her father's work to new audiences. "As a family, we are excited about [Mr Cooper's] plans.

A gallery dedicated to George Wyllie, who worked as a customs and excise officer for more than 30 years before becoming an artist, is set to open on 26 April in a new waterfront complex in ...

Louise Wyllie, the artist’s daughter, said: “It has been a joy to witness fresh, energetic people such as Will Cooper lead on the future of bringing my father’s work to audiences old and new.

One of Wyllie’s best-known works is Paper Boat Of The Origami Line (1989), a 78ft vessel so large he could stand on it when it was launched on the River Clyde in Glasgow, and it also sailed in ...

Mr Cooper has collaborated with Wyllie's family and been given access to his archive of work which includes early sketches of Paper Boat and another famous work, Straw Locomotive.