Spring
Ruth’s earliest pure oil, that we’re aware of, dates from around 1960 and shows her unashamedly* using the power of Pollock's application, flinging the paint on with a fresh freedom, capturing twigs and thorns, the very essence of her precious May trees, which she would repeatedly return to again and again throughout the next thirty-five years. She quotes “Until Derek gave me his old oil paints- I never really used oils.”
Spring
Oil on hardboard
55 x 23 cm
Titled and priced 14 guineas
* Ruth even uses Pollock’s elongated canvas proportions to paint on.
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