(a) portrait of Dorothy Carleton facing the viewer, her face in the top 1/3 and shoulders fade into the prominent wood grain, the bottom 2/3 is lightly painted white dress on wood grain. There is ar rainbow in top left corner to represent Dorothy’s statement of “living at the end of the rainbow”, t…
(a) portrait of Dorothy Carleton facing the viewer, her face in the top 1/3 and shoulders fade into the prominent wood grain, the bottom 2/3 is lightly painted white dress on wood grain. There is ar rainbow in top left corner to represent Dorothy’s statement of “living at the end of the rainbow”, the street she lived on in Banff with her family according to painter Tosh.(b) 142 x 30 cm white silk panel with black typed inscription
Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…
Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath