Title: Conversation Piece
Size: 36cm x 54cm
Medium: Watercolour

Additional Information
A charming and meticulously executed watercolour. “She often said that watercolour painting was an exacting medium, because unlike oil painting, you could not afford to make mistakes, or rather, you could not hide them. Her paintings seemed to grow almost organically, a few inches at most being added—and left complete—each day. Apart from her skies, she rarely used washes, the paint being applied nearly dry, and with the finest ‘00’ brushes. This technique almost obliged her to be studio-bound, sitting day after day in front of her selected subject matter.” Mark Sorrell (August 2007)

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About the Artist


A painter, designer and teacher, Sorrell (maiden name Tanner) was born at New Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire and studied at Eastbourne School of Art and at the Royal College of Art. She went on to teach in several art colleges and worked as a designer of wallpapers and fabrics, designing for the British Industries Fair and Ideal Home Exhibitions. Married to Alan Sorrell. She exhibited at the New English Art Club and Royal Academy. She is represented in the collection of the Tate Gallery.