with unsparing awe Charles pays homage to her - finding Barbara safe beneath her quilt as she ventures into the world of dreams
friends and lovers will come to our aid
who out in the plein-air distils the ‘spirit-of-place’
In spite of the seeming compositional complexity and saturated colour palette
suggests something different with every glance
Judy CASSAB 'Studio Self-Portrait' impressionism with unsparing awe Charles paysA two time winner of the Archibald Prize, Judy Cassab AO CBE (1920 2015) was a portraitist of immense insight and imagination, seemingly able to capture not only a sitters likeness but the spirit of their times. As well as painting social luminaries, royals, fellow artists, family and friends, she was also a prolific draughtswoman, printmaker, and an acclaimed landscape artist. Today, Cassabs portraits reside in the British Royal Collection, National