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Récolter des Figues / Fig Harvest
Read more: Récolter des Figues / Fig HarvestRécolter des Figues / Fig Harvest was part of a series of watercolours my mother painted to sell in her little gallery. She decided that she…..
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Le Lavoir / The Wash-House II
Read more: Le Lavoir / The Wash-House IIThe Wash-House or Le Lavoir II was painted in Bargemon, Var and appears to be a second take of this scene from village life. The first Le Lavoir watercolour is…..
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The Purple Alps
Read more: The Purple AlpsThe Purple Alps was a small landscape painted while the family was on holiday in the South of France long before she emigrated there. This holiday was the planting of that seed, see,,,.
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Le Lavoir / The Wash-House
Read more: Le Lavoir / The Wash-HouseThe Wash-House or Le Lavoir was painted in Bargemon, Var where my mother first moved to when she emigrated to the South of France. She was fascinated and somewhat surprised that the local villagers still used the Lavoir to wash all the their clothes even in 1971. The most surprising thing….
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The River Avon
Read more: The River AvonI think this is an unfinished painting of the River Avon near Sopley in Dorset. Another small painting that appears to be done with a lot vigor and speed. My mother felt…
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Dorset Countryside
Read more: Dorset CountrysideThis is another small “picnic painting” done of the Dorset countryside, provably painted in the late summer as the crops in the fields matured.
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The Wish IV- Liberty / Hope
Read more: The Wish IV- Liberty / HopeInitially this painting was called The Wish IV (Liberty), at a later date the name was changed to Hope or L’espérance in French. The subject is Danielle Politzer with whom she had just completed a commissioned portrait. It is a slightly dark painting as the young woman in her torn blouse, is seated in a…
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Danielle Politzer
Read more: Danielle PolitzerThe Danielle Politzer portrait was a small commission from one of the local families in Fayence. After doing the painting my mother persuaded Danielle to model for another painting just a couple of weeks later called, The Wish – Liberty….
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Laughing Self Portrait
Read more: Laughing Self PortraitThe Laughing Self Portrait was always a bit of a mystery for me when I first came across it clearing out her studio after her death. I easily recognized it as a self portrait but couldn’t understand the expression on her face…..
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Happily Ever After / Heureux jusqu’ à la fin
Read more: Happily Ever After / Heureux jusqu’ à la finChantal was another painting of one of the locals in Fayence, Chantal Robert, started a week after finishing The Wish. This painting should not be confused with “Wishing on the Moon….