Press Release
Of Birds
& Men
1st – 24th March 2007
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Dilys Finlay-Stephens’ portraits are inspired by her grandfather, the
national American portrait painter Thomas Edgar Stephens. Celebrated
for painting the entire Eisenhower cabinet, he later convinced
Eisenhower himself to take up painting, and painted the last life
portrait of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister.
By contrast, Dilys Finlay-Stephens chooses to
concentrate on interpreting her subjects as products of their varied
social and economic environments. Her fascinating portraits of
Fundamental to all her work is the convincing way in which the artist
paints texture and detail, particularly in her paintings of birds.
Dilys Finlay-Stephens’ initial interest in birds came
from an early age delving through her father’s books with lustrous
illustrations by Lear and Demartini. Her extraordinarily beautiful
paintings are strongly influenced by Edward Lear’s parrots. Striking
giant songbirds, in homage to Lear and Gould, successfully explore
questions of scale in the ordinary and everyday, the ‘common or garden’
and, as with her portraits, reveal the often overlooked, enticing the
viewer to look more closely.
Rainbird Fine Art is proud to be hosting this first
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or the
Rainbird admin.
office on + 44 (0)20 8906 2288
or email info@rainbirdfineart.com.
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