Watercolours
: Portraiture
The artist favours watercolour for flower and nature studies and has produced countless portrait studies in watercolour, including babies and children. She sometimes combines watercolour with mixed-media, pen, and pencil, using pure watercolour for landscape compositions and more finished portraits. The compositions for the artist’s major acrylic paintings are developed through preliminary watercolour sketches.
Her landscape compositions are influenced by the poetic approach of Chinese masters who capture the essence of a scene after immersing themselves in the environment. This all-encompassing perspective is in direct contrast to the limiting “snapshot” view painted at the scene. In some of her watercolour landscapes she paints on crumpled Japanese paper to create a shimmering textural effect.
Watercolours
Theme:
Portraiture
Watercolours Theme: Portraiture
11 Works to view
11 Works to view
Portraiture:
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Bill asleep (back view) 1958
black watercolour
27.0 x 36.5 cm
W-1958
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Brother Bill, apprehensive 1957
watercolour, pencil underdrawing
36.5 x 27.0 cm
W-1957
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Billy Button playing 1957
watercolour, pencil underdrawing
26.5 x 24.7 cm
D-1957
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Billy Button having dinner 1957
watercolour, pencil underdrawing
26.5 x 24.7 cm
D-1957
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Billy Button with his new telephone 1957
watercolour, pencil underdrawing
36.5 x 27.0 cm
W-1957
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Bill playing with his Xmas present 1957
watercolour, pencil underdrawing
36.5 x 27.0 cm
W-1957
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Bill sitting on bench 1957
watercolour, pencil underdrawing
36.5 x 27.0 cm
W-1957
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Bill, resting on settee 1957
black watercolour, pencil underdrawing
36.5 x 27.0 cm
W-1957
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Mum 1 1957
black watercolour
36.5 x 27.0 cm
W-1957
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Dad 1 1957
black watercolour
36.5 x 27.0 cm
W-1957
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Facial features (family members) 1957
watercolour, pencil underdrawing
36.5 x 27.0 cm
W-1957
Watercolours :
Portraiture
11 Works to view
Watercolours :
Portraiture
11 Works to view