Tag: Bournemouth
-
Janet Chapman
Read more: Janet ChapmanJanet Chapman was a commissioned portrait. Janet and Malcom Chapman were the young couple who moved into my mother’s flat at #9 Riviera, after she moved to her house on Copsewood Avenue, see….
-
Thomas Hardy
Read more: Thomas HardyI believe this painting of Thomas Hardy, poet and author, was commissioned by my mother’s step-father who thought it would sell during another Thomas Hardy themed event or festival held at…..
-
Goya Gallery Exhibition – 1965
Read more: Goya Gallery Exhibition – 1965Paintings included in this exhibition include the following: Katie White II, Sir Winston Churchill, Victoria, Old Age, Dr. Whitehead, Janet Chapman, Dancing Ledge among many others.
-
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 ……
-
East – West / L’Orient et L’Occident
Read more: East – West / L’Orient et L’OccidentEast – West was a concept painting using my brother Christopher’s girlfriend, Caroline Broadhurst, as the model. When she was visiting us, my mother loved her beauty and her long blond hair and noticed the similarity and contrast with the ladies in the Japanese scroll…….
-
1870 -1970 (Theatre 1970)
Read more: 1870 -1970 (Theatre 1970)1870 – 1970 was a concept painting with my brother Christopher’s girlfriend, Caroline Broadhurst, as the model. When my mother saw Caroline in this coat, she immediately noticed its timeless style, especially….
-
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…..
-
Roberta
Read more: RobertaThe portrait is a fine example of using conté crayon on ochre paper. The ochre paper fills in the tone with the black conté crayon working…
-
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….
-
Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes
Read more: Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock HolmesThis is obviously a sketch of Sherlock Holmes from the 1965 series produced by the BBC. I think it’s from the one where he is played by …..