Gadabout

Gadabout

This creepy doll was rented from the fascinating vintage shop, “Gadabout” in Queen Street E. Toronto, hence the name of the painting. SIZE: 15″ X 12″ MEDIUM: oil ORIGINAL SOLD
Parrot and Connaught Rangers Bowl

Parrot and Connaught Rangers Bowl

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

Pumpkins

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

Radio

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

Still Life with Delft and Mirror

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...