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The Weir at Spetisbury
Read more: The Weir at SpetisburyThe landscape of the weir on the river Stour in Spetisbury, was painted while the family was on a summer holiday there…
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Stardust
Read more: StardustThe model for this was the girlfriend of my mother’s lawyer. He first commissioned my mother to paint a stunning nude or figure study as they are politely called, of which….
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The Purple Alps (copy)
Read more: The Purple Alps (copy)This is a copy of the Purple Alps landscape painted while the family was on holiday in the South of France in 1964, long before she emigrated there in 1971. When you read the post……
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Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes
Read more: Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock HolmesThis is obviously a sketch of Sherlock Holmes from the 1965 series produced by the BBC. I think it’s from the one where he is played by …..
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The Rocks at Bagnols-en-Forêt II
Read more: The Rocks at Bagnols-en-Forêt IIThis is a copy of a very small palette knife study done after a picnic beside the road near Bagnols-en-Forêt in Provence, while on holiday in the south of France in 1964. The original has…..
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Sir Winston Churchill
Read more: Sir Winston ChurchillThis was painted as a tribute to the great man shortly after his death in 1965. The artist was a great admirer of Churchill having been a teenager in England during World War II.
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Katie White II
Read more: Katie White IIThis a portrait of Katie White who was a very close friend of my mothers since they both attended Bournemouth College at the same time in the ’40s. It is a good representation of the “scrub” technique…..
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Grief
Read more: GriefI think Greif is a portrait that was painted as part of a quest to find portrait subject matter that might appeal to a broader audience that just those related to the person in the painting. However, I am not sure….
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The Copsewood Avenue Garden
Read more: The Copsewood Avenue GardenThis a small palette knife painting of the back garden at #10 Copsewood Avenue in Bournemouth. I think it was painted around 1964 or 65 judging by the size of the apple tree we planted when we first moved there. I feel like this painting was done as a personal challenge… Another small painting that…
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Dr. Whitehead
Read more: Dr. WhiteheadThe Dr. Whitehead portrait was an early commission that my mother painted when she first moved back to her home town of Bournemouth after her divorce, see the Biography for details. She was…..