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Charlotte Harris |
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Last month I was delighted to receive a good response to the unveiling of my portrait of Dame Vivien Duffield at the National Portrait Gallery. While continuing my commissioned work I have also given some time to starting a series of still life paintings, one of which is pictured below. Charlotte |
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Still-life with lemons, oil on canvas |
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Message from the artist |
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October 2006 |
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Portrait of Dame Vivien Duffield, Philanthropist |
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As part of the prize for winning the BP Portrait Award in 2003, Charlotte was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to paint Dame Vivien Duffield. Speaking about the painting Sandy Nairne, Director of the gallery said “it successfully captures Dame Vivien Duffield’s world. The books in the painting are literal depictions of her passions; they express aspects of her work such as the Opera, Ballet, Israel, Art and Literature”. Dame Vivien, daughter of Sir Charles Clore, has devoted her life to philanthropy and charitable giving with an estimated £100 million in endowments raised during her career and in 1988 was named as Benefactor of the Year by the National Art Collections Fund. |
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Please visit the website for images of Charlotte’s most recent commissioned paintings and her new still-life series, all of which can be accessed directly from the menu bar on the website by clicking on Latest Work. |
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The next issue will include the recent commissions of Mrs Jenny Bird and Willett Fernando (for the banking firm Standard Chartered) as well as further paintings from the still life series. |
