Tag: Brush
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La Sourcière / The Water Diviner
Read more: La Sourcière / The Water DivinerLa Sourciere / The Water Diviner was one of the first paintings my mother completed after moving into her new flat in Fayence, see the My Dilemma painting for details of the move. A letter she sent to me……
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Le Rêve / The Dream
Read more: Le Rêve / The DreamLa Rêve (The Dream) was of course, inspired by a dream my mother had. At this time she had taken to recording some of her dreams in a Dream Journal…
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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….
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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…….
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Without Worry / Sans Souci
Read more: Without Worry / Sans SouciAt the time I didn’t appreciate the significance of the title but looking back over fifty years, I can clearly see that this was my last summer of innocence with no worries about life or working and no real responsibilities. Interestingly……
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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…..