Parrot and Connaught Rangers Bowl

Still Life

The plastic parrot was the subject of several paintings. Where it once must have had legs, only holes were left, so the artist used pencils in the holes to compensate for the lost legs to enable it to stand. The silver “Connaught Rangers Bowl” was a sailing trophy won...

Pumpkins

Still Life

Laura’s Belgian friends grew these pumpkins in their garden at Elversele and brought them as a gift when they came to stay in West End Lane. Once the painting was finished they did a second tour of duty as an element of a meal. SIZE: 9″ X 11.5″ MEDIUM:...

Radio

Still Life

An old valve radio on a dresser with a brass coffee pot, plants, a bottle of gone but not forgotten wine and a postcard in the bedroom at St. John’s Wood. A fish eye mirror in a brass frame reflects the window and ceiling light. SIZE: 20″ X 16″ MEDIUM:...

Still Life with Delft and Mirror

Canadian, Inside/out, Still Life

A Delft shoe and trinket box that always stood on the artist’s mother’s dresser holding bits of jewelery, safety pins and buttons. The desk belonged to Laura’s father. The exaggerated perspective of the window reflected in the mirror gives the image a sense of...

Strange Fruit Number 1

Still Life

A collection of fruit on a plate on a Turkish tablecloth from Istanbul. The twisted perspectives, the reflection of the cloth on the underside of the plate, the mounted swordsmen around the border of the cloth and the appearance of the plate hovering over the cloth...