Hawthorn
These next years see her taking on part time-work at a radio factory, doing evening shifts. Josse remembers how he was wrapped up and bundled into Derek's old Austin 30 van, as they collected her in the dark and the joy of seeing her appear from the corrugated nissen hut and walk into the beam of the headlights. With this extra, although pitiful, income Ruth started to buy the oil paints she had dreamt of.
Now she starts to paint more figurative landscapes, Hawthorn, dated 1964, is an impressive example of this.
Hawthorn
Oil, ink & emulsion on paper over board
56 x 41 cm
Signed Ruth Davis ’64
Ref: DSC 0317