Ruth Swain - They say I used to look like her

Tell us about 'They say I used to look like her'

This painting is from life and photographs of my mother-in-law, Gill, who was suffering with Parkinson’s disease. She would gradually slip down the chair as I painted her and I would have to keep propping her up. She was a very beautiful woman who in her younger years looked very much like Elizabeth Taylor. Gill was an avid reader and died not long after the painting was completed.

Medium
Oil on Canvas
Size (h x w)
120 x 110 centimetres
Guide Price
£4500

Ruth Swain - They say - in office