Category: Portraits
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The Mod
Read more: The ModThe Mod – is the title I have given this painting purely from the suggestion of the helmet and the time period it was painted. This painting was included in a set of Kodachromes from the early sixties but….
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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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Children of Japan – girl
Read more: Children of Japan – girlChildren of Japan – girl, was painted around the same time as the Children of Thailand pair and it’s easy to see the similarities. When we lived in Japan my mother was fascinated with the elaborate traditional kimonos and ….
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Daydreams
Read more: DaydreamsDaydreams is a painting I know little about except for the approximate date it was painted, the early sixties. I first saw it as a very poor quality small colour photograph she….
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Children of Thailand II – girl
Read more: Children of Thailand II – girlChildren of Thailand II – girl, was the second of a pair of paintings my mother did as a commercial venture. I think it was a more innocent time back in
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Children of Thailand I – boy
Read more: Children of Thailand I – boyChildren of Thailand I – boy, was one of a pair of paintings my mother did as a commercial venture to generate income while she was hoping for more commissioned work. I distinctly recall….
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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…..
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Diana/Diane
Read more: Diana/DianeDiana Raymakers was the daughter of Dr. G. Raymakers from Aarle-Rixtel in the Netherlands. They were vacationing in the area and saw my mother’s paintings in an exhibition in Seillans, a nearby village. Being fans of the Dutch painter Carel Willink they were taken with my mother’s use of symbolism in the background of her…
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Les Lavandières au Lavoir / The Washerwomen at the Wash-House
Read more: Les Lavandières au Lavoir / The Washerwomen at the Wash-HouseLes Lavandières au Lavoir / The Washerwomen at the Washhouse was a painting of Madame Golette who did the laundry for my mother while she lived in Bargemon when she first moved to the south of France. My mother was amazed….
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Old Age
Read more: Old AgeI think my mother painted Old Age because of the relative success of the Victoria painting. I am not sure who was the subject or what happened to the painting….