Elisabeth Vellacott

New Art Centre, London, 1992

London, Fine Art Society, Kettle's Yard and The Fine Art Society, July - October 1995, cat. no.42.

The board appears to be in good original condition. The paint surface appears to be in good overall condition. Examination under ultra-violet light reveals some scattered small spots of fluorescence but these appear to coincide with the artist's brushstrokes so I do not think they are retouching. Held behind glass in a simple white rectilinear frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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The present work draws upon Vellacott's memories of the area around Llanthony in Wales where she had often worked in the 1950s and 1960s. The mountain itself is painted almost en grisaille, perhaps suggesting the distance of memory and remembrance of her drawings from that time, and offers great contrast with the patterned curtains framing the window. Possibly an echo of her work as a textile designer in her earlier career, the use of long, coloured drapes is a feature that appears in a number of her later paintings of interiors.