Tag: Oil paint
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Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
Read more: Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of SomersetGeorgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, was another of four miniatures that Christine painted. The subject was one more beautiful, intelligent and outspoken woman of her times…..
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Lady Caroline Lamb
Read more: Lady Caroline LambLady Caroline Lamb was the first of four miniatures that Christine painted. The series were another of her attempts to generate income by branching out from 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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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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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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Sunee
Read more: SuneeInitially this painting was referred to as the Thai Girl, after finishing it she called it Sunee. This was the fourth painting she did using her non dominant left hand after injuring her right hand and wrist. You can see how….
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The Red Turban / Soie Rouge
Read more: The Red Turban / Soie RougeAt conception this was entitled ‘Enpassant’ or ‘Passing By’ but as the painting emerged, she found herself calling it The Red Turban or Soie Rouge. This was the third painting she did using her non dominant left hand after injuring her right hand and wrist. From the diary she mentions early on trying to use…
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The Refugees
Read more: The RefugeesAfter the success of her first left handed effort, ‘Child of Vietnam’, and the continuing news of the refugee crisis in Vietnam, my mother decided to paint a larger follow up painting, The Refugees. We can read in….
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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.
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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 ….