Tag: Scrub
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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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Maestracci
Read more: MaestracciMonsieur Maestracci was a Corsican sculptor who lived in Bargemon and being a fellow artist…..
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Cosmic Counterpoint
Read more: Cosmic CounterpointThe painting is also a departure from her earlier portraits and is the first to have the subject backed and surrounded by pertinent symbols related to the subject. I’m not sure exactly how…..
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Thomas Hardy
Read more: Thomas HardyI believe this painting of Thomas Hardy, poet and author, was commissioned by my mother’s step-father who thought it would sell during another Thomas Hardy themed event or festival held at…..
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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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Stardust
Read more: StardustThe model for this was the girlfriend of my mother’s lawyer. He first commissioned my mother to paint a stunning nude or figure study as they are politely called, of which….
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Katie White II
Read more: Katie White IIThis a portrait of Katie White who was a very close friend of my mothers since they both attended Bournemouth College at the same time in the ’40s. It is a good representation of the “scrub” technique…..
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Sir Winston Churchill
Read more: Sir Winston ChurchillThis was painted as a tribute to the great man shortly after his death in 1965. The artist was a great admirer of Churchill having been a teenager in England during World War II.