I was very excited this morning when the postman delivered the large square package I had been expecting! My own original one-of-a-kind Lorna May Wadsworth had arrived safe and sound!
Lorna May Wadsworth is a very talented painter and drawer living here in London. She is best known for her portraits and has already had a series of high-profile subjects such as Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and her friend and model Lily Cole. The style of her portrait work is obviously completely her own, but it reminds me a bit of another painter I like i.e. Lucian Freud, with the exception that the Wadsworth's paintings are more flattering for her subjects than Lucian Freud's were.
What I really like is how she believes that owning a unique piece of art should be in reach for everyone. To that belief she set free a 100 pieces of her work at 100 pounds through her online 'gallery' : 100pictures100pounds - an art diffusion line by Lorna May Wadsworth.
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| Balleroy Noir by Lorna May Wadsworth |
It was through this 'gallery' that I was able to snap up the 'Balleroy Noir'. This drawing really attracted me because I can see light in its darkness. Even though you might think of the sketch as dark, it is meticulous enough to envisage the room, and even the textures within it, as if there were light.
If you are interested in the artist and her work, go visit her website.
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