Tag: Scrub
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Jeanne Morrison
Read more: Jeanne MorrisonJeanne Morrison was the wife of Julian Morrison, a reporter for the Daily News in Washington DC and a good friend of Benny, Christine’s ex-husband. Christine was on a trip to Washington to earn money painting portraits of…….
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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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Le Rêve / The Dream
Read more: Le Rêve / The DreamLa Rêve (The Dream) was of course, inspired by a dream my mother had. At this time she had taken to recording some of her dreams in a Dream Journal…
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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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The Oyster Nymphs II / Les Nymphes aux Huitres II
Read more: The Oyster Nymphs II / Les Nymphes aux Huitres IIAfter the general appreciation and enthusiasm over The Oyster Nymphs, my mother decided to make a follow-up version, The Oyster Nymphs II. The second painting has one more water nymph and it seems to …..
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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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The Oyster Nymphs / Les Nymphes aux Huitres
Read more: The Oyster Nymphs / Les Nymphes aux HuitresThe concept for The Oyster Nymphs came to my mother one morning while she was waiting in vain for a model, Chantel to sit for the Happily Ever After painting. It seems she put her time to good use and …..
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Hope / The Wish IV – Liberty
Read more: Hope / The Wish IV – LibertyInitially this painting was called The Wish IV (Liberty), at a later date the name was changed to Hope or L’espérance in French. The subject is Danielle Politzer with whom she had just completed a commissioned portrait. It is a slightly dark painting as the young woman in her torn blouse, is seated in a…
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L’Esprit du Mistral / The Wind Spirit
Read more: L’Esprit du Mistral / The Wind SpiritL’esprit du Mistral / The Wind Spirit was another concept painting that relates to the Mistral wind. The Mistral phenomena is an interesting weather related event that occurs in Provence and is considered both a…
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Madame Ramage
Read more: Madame RamageThe Madame Ramage portrait is a bit of a mystery and I have no idea why it didn’t go to Madame Ramage. I strongly suspect that….