Lot 119: Susan Helm Davies - Marigold in Box

Susan Helm Davies
Marigold in Box
signed and dated 2016; signed, dated, inscribed with the medium and the title on the reverse
acrylic on board
54 by 47cm excluding frame; 57,5 by 50 by 2,5cm including frame

The quirky, neat, exquisite still-lifes by Susan Davies play with perspective and bold colour. Beautifully, temptingly tactile, they have seldom appeared on the secondary market. It should come as little surprise that the artist studied under Jack and Jane Heath at the University of Natal (1963-1966), and subsequently taught and painted alongside Jinny Heath in Pietermaritzburg.