Sally was a portrait of Sally Bemister, my mother’s niece. After hearing of her death from cancer my mother painted it as gift to her Uncle Bertie. If we read the diaries we can see ….

Diana 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…

Nora Azzapardi and her husband Eric, were friends from the UK visiting my mother’s very good friends Jane and Ray Lench. So of course my mother agreed to do a commissioned portrait of Nora on,,,,,

Mr. 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….

Wishing on the Moon was another painting of one of the locals in Fayence, Chantal Robert, started a week after finishing The Wish. This painting was also sometimes called “The Wish II” or “Le Voeux II” but for clarity…..

The 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….