Tag: England
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Children of Thailand I – boy
Read more: Children of Thailand I – boyChildren of Thailand I – boy, was one of a pair of paintings my mother did as a commercial venture to generate income while she was hoping for more commissioned work. I distinctly recall….
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Children of Japan – girl
Read more: Children of Japan – girlChildren of Japan – girl, was painted around the same time as the Children of Thailand pair and it’s easy to see the similarities. When we lived in Japan my mother was fascinated with the elaborate traditional kimonos and ….
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Old Age
Read more: Old AgeI think my mother painted Old Age because of the relative success of the Victoria painting. I am not sure who was the subject or what happened to the painting….
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Daydreams
Read more: DaydreamsDaydreams is a painting I know little about except for the approximate date it was painted, the early sixties. I first saw it as a very poor quality small colour photograph she….
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Lord Reith
Read more: Lord ReithThis is a sketch of Lord Reith, later to become the 1st Baron Reith. He was the first Director General of the BBC and ran the organization from …..
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The Mod
Read more: The ModThe Mod – is the title I have given this painting purely from the suggestion of the helmet and the time period it was painted. This painting was included in a set of Kodachromes from the early sixties but….
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Pablo Picasso
Read more: Pablo PicassoAfter some considerable research, I think this is a sketch of Pablo Picasso from the mid 1940’s while my mother was working for the London Evening Standard. There seem to be…..
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Boris Karloff
Read more: Boris KarloffI believe this is a sketch of Boris Karloff, done by my mother when she was working for the Evening Standard in London, immediately after the war in 1946. At that time …..
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Katie White Drawing
Read more: Katie White DrawingA very early work, drawn of fellow student Katie White….
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Brownsea Island
Read more: Brownsea IslandThis is a small “picnic painting” done of Brownsea Island which lies in the middle of Poole habour. Evidently a very windy day……