Tag: Oil paint
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Michael Fry
Read more: Michael FryThe painting is a very good likeness of Michael despite the short amount of time required for it’s completion.
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Stella Fry
Read more: Stella FryThe painting is an interesting mixture of brush work on the portrait and palette knife for the background. I’m sure the inclusion of their cat ……
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Yolande
Read more: YolandeMme Yolande de Rougeville was another artist in the area who lived in the country up behind the neighboring village of Callian. On her property there was a studio and…..
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Fantasy at Dawn / Euphorie au Petit Matin
Read more: Fantasy at Dawn / Euphorie au Petit MatinOne can see in the painting the particular issues Conrad was facing. Obviously there is the party and drink aspect which could not be more directly represented than by having his head in the bottom of a wine glass, but as Conrad himself pointed out to me on a later visit, it was not without…
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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….
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Buzzy
Read more: BuzzyBuzzy was the product of a painting demonstration done in an art class for ladies club in a nearby town, Lymington. For some reason….