Hotel Butterfly

Hotel Butterfly

The town in the painting is Zermatt, in the German speaking part of the Swiss Alps at the southern end of the Matter Valley among some of Switzerland’s highest peaks, including Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn. At the left side of the painting is the spire of the parish...
Mrs. Hoskin’s View

Mrs. Hoskin’s View

The view of Falmouth Harbour from the parlour of Mrs. Hoskin’s guest house on one of the streets that rise steeply from the harbour in the town centre. Falmouth is a navy town with the third deepest harbour in the world. It is home to the Pendennis shipyard, named...
The Dictionary of Drink and Drinking

The Dictionary of Drink and Drinking

The painting is named after the red book on the left. The turquoise colour of the dresser, in the embroidered cloth and in the covers of some of the books combined with the red in the books, the apples and some of the embroidery in the cloth makes this a striking and...
Dolls

Dolls

The five dolls were an intrinsic part of Laura’s early life. Her older brother Danny invented stories using the dolls as characters. One of the dolls was placed in the linen closet, supposedly on its way to Boston by train. Strangely, it stayed in Boston. SIZE:...
Peacock Feathers – pencil drawing

Peacock Feathers – pencil drawing

Preparatory pencil sketch for the oil painting of the same name. It’s interesting that despite the fact the subject matter is identical, the feel of the painting is so different to the drawing because of the painting’s intense colours. SIZE: 13″ X...