Tag: Brush
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Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
Read more: Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of SomersetGeorgiana, Duchess of Somerset, was a younger sister of Caroline Norton and the most beautiful of the three sisters who all inherited the charm and intelligence of their grandfather the well know playwright….
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Lady Caroline Lamb
Read more: Lady Caroline LambLady Caroline Lamb was one of four miniatures that my mother painted. These were of a number of attempts to generate income instead of her more traditional portrait painting. I also think she took it on as a personal challenge. The choice of subjects for her miniatures was inspired by….
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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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My Dilemma / Le Dilemme
Read more: My Dilemma / Le DilemmePainted in early 1974, My Dilemma represents a real dilemma Christine was facing. After emigrating to France from England two years earlier, she found herself in extreme financial straits. She was torn between the life she loved in Provence, and the allure of moving to America with its solid prospects of making money and the…
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The Village of Callian
Read more: The Village of CallianThis was the view from the small semi-detached house in the village of Montaroux where we lived for almost a year in 1972. The village across the valley is Callian.
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Child of Vietnam
Read more: Child of VietnamPainted during the Vietnamese refugee crisis following the US pull-out form the war in Vietnam, this small canvas depicts an imagined child caught in the war.