Mediterranean Farms
signed
painted in the 1950s
painted in the 1950s
tempera and gouache
38 x 51 cms (15 x 20 ins)
framed: 49.5 x 62 cms (19½ x 24½ ins)
framed: 49.5 x 62 cms (19½ x 24½ ins)
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Billie Waters was an inveterate traveller. After settling in St Ives during World War II, she embarked on numerous trips abroad funded by successful exhibitions in London at the Leicester...
Billie Waters was an inveterate traveller. After settling in St Ives during World War II, she embarked on numerous trips abroad funded by successful exhibitions in London at the Leicester Galleries and Royal Academy. France, Spain (including the Balearics), Italy and Greece were all on her itinerary, where she often drew inspiration for distinctive paintings of rural life. Her use of dry and chalky gouache is both evocative and pertinent to the subject in this painting.
