Category: Portraits
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Cosmic Counterpoint
Read more: Cosmic CounterpointThe painting is also a departure from her earlier portraits and is the first to have the subject backed and surrounded by pertinent symbols related to the subject. I’m not sure exactly how…..
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Michael Fry
Read more: Michael FryThe painting is a very good likeness of Michael despite the short amount of time required for it’s completion.
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Stella Fry
Read more: Stella FryThe painting is an interesting mixture of brush work on the portrait and palette knife for the background. I’m sure the inclusion of their cat ……
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Yolande
Read more: YolandeMme Yolande de Rougeville was another artist in the area who lived in the country up behind the neighboring village of Callian. On her property there was a studio and…..
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Fantasy at Dawn / Euphorie au Petit Matin
Read more: Fantasy at Dawn / Euphorie au Petit MatinOne can see in the painting the particular issues Conrad was facing. Obviously there is the party and drink aspect which could not be more directly represented than by having his head in the bottom of a wine glass, but as Conrad himself pointed out to me on a later visit, it was not without…
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Buzzy
Read more: BuzzyBuzzy was the product of a painting demonstration done in an art class for ladies club in a nearby town, Lymington. For some reason….
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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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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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