Foal by Ophelia Gordon Bell (1915 - 1975)

Foal by Ophelia Gordon Bell (1915 - 1975)Ophelia Gordon Bell was born in London in 1915 but spent much of her childhood in the Lake District. In her mid teens Ophelia was well on the way to becoming an accomplished artist in her own right, studying at Regent Street Polytechnic Sculpture School in London where she worked with stone, wood, metal, clay and plaster. By the age of 23 Ophelia had already exhibited her work at the Royal Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and the

Ready to use without preparation which saves time and mitigates risk of damaging the surface in the preparatory stage

The medium-textured

Facilitates painting in watercolour on paper

but lightweight

and Winifred would often paint the horses and  foals which could be seen in the fields above the town

In this wonderfully tranquil painting

It was found during the building of Calder Hall power station and presented to Ophelia for carving by one of the architects of the plant

which can be seen outside the Heaton Cooper Studio

This delightful representation shows a roosting oystercatcher

to obtain shadow and light effects

as it has very good mechanical strength

Gummed pads comprising 30 sheets of Fabriano Tiziano fine pastel paper in 6 different shades