BUSH CATARACT BY KAY FAITHFUL (1930-1999)
£650.00
Code:P307
Abstract painting by Kay Faithful.
Entitiled Bush Cataract X to verso. This is number 10 of the Bush Cataract series of which were lucky to have sourced three in this series. This is the last one remaining.
Also to verso is the artist’s name and where she lived i.e Canberra, Australia where her inspiration to paint came from.
Housed in a gold colour painted frame.
Approx dimensions inc frame: H:85cm W:108cm D:3.5cm.
Condition: Scuffs and marks to frame.
Background:
Painter, born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, who after a traumatic World War II trained as a nurse and midwife, then married Will Faithful, a Cornish civil engineer. They lived in Bermuda, the Middle East, Cyprus and Jamaica before moving to Canberra, Australia, in 1972, where she was able to concentrate on painting. In 1987, she held her first major exhibition of 30 large works, The Barrier Reef Series, at Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney, followed by others at the Eltham and Rathdowne Street Galleries, Melbourne. In 1991 Faithful visited the United Kingdom and the continent for her first overseas exhibitions. Australian Landscapes – Visual Reflections, 29 paintings, was shown in Glasgow, Greenock and at the Australian Embassy, Paris.