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Ishiyama-san
Read more: Ishiyama-sanIshiyama-san was our wonderful cook while we lived in Okinawa, Japan from1953 to 1955. I’m not sure if this belongs with the paintings or the sketches as it was painted with sumi ink but definitely not in…..
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Japanese Girl
Read more: Japanese GirlA pencil and conte crayon sketch of a Japanese girl. Probably one of the children of ours servants while we lived in Okinawa, Japan from1953 to 1955. The Japanese characters on…..
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Seitoku
Read more: SeitokuA pencil sketch of a young school boy called Seitoku, possibly the brother of Shizue. Probably one of the children of ours servants while we lived in Okinawa, Japan from 1953 to 1955. He is depicted in his school uniform which…..
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Shizue
Read more: ShizueA pencil sketch of a young girl, Shizue. Probably one of the children of ours servants while we lived in Okinawa, Japan from1953 to 1955. The Japanese characters…..
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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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Augusta Brown
Read more: Augusta BrownA sketch of a young girl, Augusta Brown. One of the few sketches to have the name recorded on the drawing…..
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Kichicot
Read more: KichicotKichicot was my mother’s cat that she adopted from her good friend Yolande whom she stayed with when she didn’t have her own place to live just before she moved into the flat in Fayence. My mother always said that the cat or kitten at the time, adopted her. The rest of the family found…
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Bonnie Millhouse
Read more: Bonnie MillhouseA few months before painting this portrait of Bonnie Millhouse, my mother had painted a portrait of her own cat Kitchicot. I am sure seeing that painting was the inspiration for her friend Mary to commission this portrait of her sister’s dog. As fortune would have it, we can see….
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Martin Clayman
Read more: Martin ClaymanMr. Martin Clayman was an American business “tycoon” on holiday in the area and commissioned my mother to do this large painting. Her diary lists the price as $570 size with exclamation marks. At approximately….
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Victoria
Read more: VictoriaWe always referred to this painting as the “Old Lady” but from her portfolio I see that it was in fact called “Victoria”, I assume the name of the subject. This was a milestone painting…..