An original watercolour by Sue Howells RWS, titled School Trip. A group of children and accompanying adults gathers across the foreground, set down in loose dark blots, in front of a close packed row of terraced houses laid in with soft grey, cream and blue washes.
Howells works loosely and with an economy of marks, laying in a wash first and letting one brushstroke lead into the next rather than describing every architectural detail. Buildings, trees and figures are left to emerge from the washes, with dark drawn marks pulled into the wet paint for roof lines, chimneys and branches.
The restraint is what makes the crowd work. The houses are given only gables, windows and chimneys, the figures only their coats, and everything else is left to the paper. A band of warm brown runs behind the group and holds the two halves of the picture together.
Sue Howells was born in Birmingham in 1948. She received the Solomon and Whitehead Award in 2008, the same year the Fine Art Trade Guild named her the best selling published artist in the UK. She was elected an Associate of the Royal Watercolour Society in 2016 and became a full member in 2018. Her work is associated particularly with cottages, terraces, landscapes and scenes of everyday British life.
Dimensions -
Framed width: 67.5 cm
Framed height: 52 cm
Visible artwork: 37.5 x 21 cm
Specifications -
Artist: Sue Howells RWS
Title: School Trip
Medium: Original watercolour and mixed media on paper
Period: Contemporary
Edition: Not an edition. The gallery label records the edition field as N/A
Signature: Signed with the artist's initials S.F.H.
Subject: Schoolchildren and figures before a row of terraced houses
Presentation: Double mounted, glazed and framed in a gold finished wooden frame
Provenance: Templeman Galleries, stock references 3712 and 18068
Fittings: Original backing board and hanging cord
Condition :
In very good pre-owned condition.
Presents well behind glass, with the colours and painted detail clearly visible and no tears or losses apparent. The mounts are clean and the frame carries light surface wear consistent with previous display.
Reflections visible in the photographs come from the glazing.
An original watercolour by Sue Howells RWS, titled School Trip. A group of children and accompanying adults gathers across the foreground, set down in loose dark blots, in front of a close packed row of terraced houses laid in with soft grey, cream and blue washes.
Howells works loosely and with an economy of marks, laying in a wash first and letting one brushstroke lead into the next rather than describing every architectural detail. Buildings, trees and figures are left to emerge from the washes, with dark drawn marks pulled into the wet paint for roof lines, chimneys and branches.
The restraint is what makes the crowd work. The houses are given only gables, windows and chimneys, the figures only their coats, and everything else is left to the paper. A band of warm brown runs behind the group and holds the two halves of the picture together.
Sue Howells was born in Birmingham in 1948. She received the Solomon and Whitehead Award in 2008, the same year the Fine Art Trade Guild named her the best selling published artist in the UK. She was elected an Associate of the Royal Watercolour Society in 2016 and became a full member in 2018. Her work is associated particularly with cottages, terraces, landscapes and scenes of everyday British life.
Dimensions -
Framed width: 67.5 cm
Framed height: 52 cm
Visible artwork: 37.5 x 21 cm
Specifications -
Artist: Sue Howells RWS
Title: School Trip
Medium: Original watercolour and mixed media on paper
Period: Contemporary
Edition: Not an edition. The gallery label records the edition field as N/A
Signature: Signed with the artist's initials S.F.H.
Subject: Schoolchildren and figures before a row of terraced houses
Presentation: Double mounted, glazed and framed in a gold finished wooden frame
Provenance: Templeman Galleries, stock references 3712 and 18068
Fittings: Original backing board and hanging cord
Condition :
In very good pre-owned condition.
Presents well behind glass, with the colours and painted detail clearly visible and no tears or losses apparent. The mounts are clean and the frame carries light surface wear consistent with previous display.
Reflections visible in the photographs come from the glazing.
