Tag: England
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The Weir at Spetisbury (copy)
Read more: The Weir at Spetisbury (copy)This is a copy of the landscape of the weir on the river Stour in Spetisbury. The original was painted while the family was on a summer holiday there….
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The Weir at Spetisbury
Read more: The Weir at SpetisburyThe landscape of the weir on the river Stour in Spetisbury, was painted while the family was on a summer holiday there…
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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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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 …..
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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.
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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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Sir Winston Churchill
Read more: Sir Winston ChurchillThis was painted as a tribute to the great man shortly after his death in 1965. The artist was a great admirer of Churchill having been a teenager in England during World War II.
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The Copsewood Avenue Garden
Read more: The Copsewood Avenue GardenThis a small palette knife painting of the back garden at #10 Copsewood Avenue in Bournemouth. I think it was painted around 1964 or 65 judging by the size of the apple tree we planted when we first moved there. I feel like this painting was done as a personal challenge… Another small painting that…
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Grief
Read more: GriefI think Greif is a portrait that was painted as part of a quest to find portrait subject matter that might appeal to a broader audience that just those related to the person in the painting. However, I am not sure….
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Dr. Whitehead
Read more: Dr. WhiteheadThe Dr. Whitehead portrait was an early commission that my mother painted when she first moved back to her home town of Bournemouth after her divorce, see the Biography for details. She was…..