by mary lace SWA
Oil on linen
h: 45 w: 30 d: 3 (cms).
The ‘arrangement’ of buds and flower heads came from those scraps that fall off a bunch (or two bunches in this case) of shop bought flowers. I particularly liked the vertical of the tall freesia stem and the line of buds curving right around the top of the commercial spice jar. I wanted to keep the background simple and geometric, but Picasso’s signature on the spine of the book was too much of a linear gift to ignore. Likewise, the bookmark, top left was a useful accident that needed to be used
£815 (As exhibited.)
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by mary lace SWA
Oil on linen
h: 60 w: 30 d: 3 (cms).
In Manet’s preliminary study for his later and larger painting, “The Balcony”, he uses the same two female models: Berthe Morisot and the less famous, Jenny Claus, a violinist. In the study it is Jenny who takes centre stage but later it is Morisot who is seated and all important. Consequently, while attracted by the freedom of the study, I also wanted to pay tribute to prim overlooked Jenny. So with flowers and a new composition, dominated by verticals, horizontals and criss crossing diagonals, she plays again the main role.
£850 (As exhibited.)
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