Michael Gilbery, Portrait Of Mrs L Gordon people which protrude through mottled water

which protrude through mottled water

Its warm graduated tints shift from yellow to ochre - its fire dramatised with impasto

its orange roof creating an accent in the view

Frame with some light wear including handling marks

he married Louisa Chance in Malvern

Michael Gilbery, Portrait Of Mrs L Gordon people which protrude through mottled waterThis engaging mid 20th century oil painting by accomplished London painter Michael Gilbery (1913 2000) depicts Mrs L Gordon. It was shown at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and represents the mature phase of an artist whose reputation was built upon sympathetic characterisation. The sitter, Mrs L. Gordon, is shown seated comfortably in an elegant carved chair, her hands gently folded in her lap. She meets the viewer with a composed, faintly