Work of the Week 9: The Attic Bedroom by Eric Ravilious
Watercolour c. 1932 – 4 Interiors and views through the window are what landscape artists paint when it is too cold and miserable to paint outdoors. The attic in The Attic Bedroom (Eric Ravilious 1903 – 1942) is at the top of Brick House in Great Bardfield where the...
Work of the Week 8: Duffy Ayers at Home by Richard Bawden
Watercolour It is always difficult for sons to follow fathers in any profession. Comparisons can be unfavourable, compliments faint hearted, relative failure identified, and success more grudgingly recognised. We must face the fact that Richard Bawden, son of Edward,...
Work of the Week 7: Green Snapper Fish by Olga Marshall
Watercolour There is a niche in the pantheon of artists for those who dedicated their skills to the meticulous recording of the world on paper. The marine life watercolours of Olga Marshall (1921 – 2020) were part of this tradition, which modern day photographic...
Work of the Week 6: Hoy’s Cart by Paul Beck
Linocut Travelling just beyond Sewards End, now a suburb of Saffron Walden, towards Radwinter, a sign at the edge of a track signifies Hoy’s Farm. Hoy’s was the adjacent farm to Redgates, which Paul Beck and his partner Bryan Cave carefully renovated when they moved...