Christine Rice (Mrs Woodhead) and family January 2008


32" x 32" oil on canvas

This portrait is deliberately domestic in feel
to express Christine and Crispin's abiding
concern with their family while being
out in the public eye as singer, pianist, linguist...
The background refers to their life as it was in Rugby
when the portrait was commissioned, with more than
a passing nod to Max Ernst.

3 comments:

drew said...

I'm also a musician and painter, and found your site really by accident, looking for something else. You have really captured the life and personality of the people you paint, and I'm really charmed by your work.

drew said...

I'm also a musician and painter, and found your site really by accident, looking for something else. You have really captured the life and personality of the people you paint, and I'm really charmed by your work.

Catherine Finnis Gray said...

Thank you very much Drew. So nice to read your kind words! Tell more about your self?