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...

Volver 88

Paintings, Still Life

Volver is the name of a Tango Cancion written by Carlos Gardel in 1935. The song is about the poignant return of a man to his childhood home in the hope and the fear that he may find his first love still there. Laura learned this song during her mother’s last illness....

Dahlias

Flowers, Still Life

The cabinet originally contained an old valve radio that belonged to the Marks family. When Laura returned to Canada from England she found it upside down in a garage with one leg broken and the veneer lifting. It cleaned up pretty well. The yellow vase came from The...

Sackville Street

Buildings, Canadian, Cars

Painting of a green Volkswagen Beetle parked in Sackville Street, Cabbagetown, Toronto. The painting was purchased by the Agent General of Ontario House, England. Ontario House ceased to exist in 1993. Last heard of, the painting was hanging in the Royal Institute of...

Inside Out

Inside/out, Interiors

This view of the couch and the window out into the garden from the sitting room of the annex at Mornington is the counterpart to the painting, “Outside In.” SIZE: 16″ X 12″ MEDIUM: WATERCOLOUR ORIGINAL...