Tag: Oil paint
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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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Mimi Calvy
Read more: Mimi CalvyMadame Mimi Calvy was a 92 year old woman who lived in Bargemon which was the first village my mother lived in when she first moved to the south of France. My mother was always interested in subjects with plenty of wrinkles and life experiences, she would say…..
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La Chapelle de Notre Dame des Cyprès
Read more: La Chapelle de Notre Dame des CyprèsThis an unusual view of the Notre Dame des Cyprès Chapel just outside of Fayence on the valley floor off the road to Seillans. This lovely little chapel was the subject of several of my mother’s landscapes but mostly from a much closer viewpoint. Here we see the chapel as…..
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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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The Purple Alps (copy)
Read more: The Purple Alps (copy)This is a copy of the Purple Alps landscape painted while the family was on holiday in the South of France in 1964, long before she emigrated there in 1971. When you read the post……
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Kichicot
Read more: KichicotKichicot was my mother’s cat that she adopted from her good friend Yolande whom she stayed with when she didn’t have her own place to live just before she moved into the flat in Fayence. My mother always said that the cat or kitten at the time, adopted her. The rest of the family found…
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Bonnie Millhouse
Read more: Bonnie MillhouseA few months before painting this portrait of Bonnie Millhouse, my mother had painted a portrait of her own cat Kitchicot. I am sure seeing that painting was the inspiration for her friend Mary to commission this portrait of her sister’s dog. As fortune would have it, we can see….
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Martin Clayman
Read more: Martin ClaymanMr. Martin Clayman was an American business “tycoon” on holiday in the area and commissioned my mother to do this large painting. Her diary lists the price as $570 size with exclamation marks. At approximately….
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Victoria
Read more: VictoriaWe always referred to this painting as the “Old Lady” but from her portfolio I see that it was in fact called “Victoria”, I assume the name of the subject. This was a milestone painting…..
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Lt Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall M.P.
Read more: Lt Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall M.P.This portrait of Lt Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall M.P. was done as a commission for the Vintners’ Company in London. I think the commission was arranged by Harry Jackson-Pownall as Sir Assheton Pownall was an ancestor of his wife Marjorie. If you have read…