I recognised it instantly. I painted it at the Bagley's Lane studios at Chelsea School of Art, London, during my MA year, using the working title 'Charity Soup'; I gave it a more formal title for the degree show in 1985, hence 'Studio Floor'. The image above is a photo he sent so I could identify it - a far better image captured on a modern phone than I managed to get at the time with an old Zenith camera with a light leak!
The jewel which emerged, however, was the painting shown above of a wooden cabinet. Today it's buckled and distressed from the canvas being removed from its stretcher and abandoned in a roll for a good many years, but here it is nonetheless. It was hailed at the time for having a peculiarly Scottish light and colour, painted while I was homesick in London. Weirdly, I was only just talking about this painting the other day when B (a skilled carpenter) and I were out walking the dog on a very Scottish winter morning, surrounded by all those colours; he had seen it back in the 80s and remarked on the accuracy of detail depicting the cabinet's construction.
It has been wonderful to see these works again. I am so grateful that this gentleman, a complete stranger, took the time and trouble to look me up and seek more information on my student work of the 80s, and return them to me in digital form. Thank you so much KGP, it was lovely to meet you!