Tag: Oil paint
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Serenade
Read more: SerenadeSerenade was inspired by listening to Neil Diamond’s ‘Longfellow Serenade’. I wouldn’t go through the lyrics here but it does include the singer, in the first person, singing and dreaming about their lady love “beside this sleepy glade” “upon the summer night”. Despite the inspiration…..
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Un Souffle de Renaissance / Breath of the Renaissance
Read more: Un Souffle de Renaissance / Breath of the RenaissanceUn Souffle de Renaissance or Breath of the Renaissance is finally a painting I know something about as its me, (Anthony, her youngest son). This was a real struggle to get painted during a brief vacation the year after I graduated from Duke University in the USA. You can see from the diary entries below…
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Francesca
Read more: FrancescaFrancesca Banteruck was another portrait commission done on short notice during the summer holiday time while relatives were visiting my mother’s very close friends, David and Francis Randall. It’s interesting to see,,,,,
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Nora Azzapardi
Read more: Nora AzzapardiNora Azzapardi and her husband Eric, were friends from the UK visiting my mother’s very good friends Jane and Ray Lench. So of course my mother agreed to do a commissioned portrait of Nora on,,,,,
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Le Retour aux Sources / Return to the Source
Read more: Le Retour aux Sources / Return to the SourceLe Retour aux Sources or Return to the Source, was originally just called ‘Rock’ in her diary but was renamed a little after its completion. Another one of my mother’s paintings inspired by a dream. Very fortunately….
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Sally
Read more: SallySally was a portrait of Sally Bemister, my mother’s niece. After hearing of her death from cancer my mother painted it as gift to her Uncle Bertie. If we read the diaries we can see ….
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Lady Emma Hamilton
Read more: Lady Emma HamiltonEmma Hamilton was one of four miniatures that my mother painted. This is another painting of a free spirited woman who lead a life outside the norms of society. Despite a humble beginning, she made good use of her looks and…….
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Thomas Hardy
Read more: Thomas HardyThomas Hardy, poet and author, was one of four miniatures that my mother painted. This was commissioned by her step-father who thought it would sell when he exhibited them in the lobby of….
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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….