[BAS Newsletter] skin colour

[Jean Morrison-Mariner]

Hi,
Having just read Sue’s very interesting article about Gerald Moore I felt compelled to say that back in the 50’s & 60’s Gerald Moore was our family dentist. He had a lot of his paintings in the surgery, one of them being a scene of a street fight with knives that he painted after seeing the fight from the surgery window in New Cross.
He also sculpted very large abstract figures that he had  around the grounds of his house. He could turn his hands to most things & had an operating theatre in the basement of the surgery.
Unfortunately he then started doing abortions which at that time was still illegal & was struck of the list! However it saved me from going to hospital when I had my wisdom teeth removed as he also did that in his operating theatre!
I have on occasion wondered if there was a connection in the name but never found out. I’m now wondering if there’s a connection with the sculptor Henry Moore?
Regards
Jean

Jean Morrison-Mariner
Reiki Master/Teacher ITEC
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On 25 Jul 2020, at 16:49, "showes8658 at aol.com" <showes8658 at aol.com> wrote:


Hi Adrian,
I'd always wondered where the likes of Lucien Freud got all those odd skin colours from until I attended a brilliant course at Gerald Moore gallery.  I think it was 3 or 4 days life drawing.  One afternoon the tutor told us to have just 3 colours of pastels - dark, medium and light.  Then just pick out the areas with the appropriate tones.  Hence purple cheeks, green nose and blue chin!  Absolutely brilliant and very effective.
Thanks for the emails, etc.
Hope you and yours are well.
See you at the end of the tunnel, hopefully.
Sue Howes
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