Artwork Information

Her last oil painting, Hodgkins worked on Spanish well, Purbeck over a number of months. The work refers to the blackout, yet the darkness is filled with traces of colour and the memory of light. As the conflict of war came to an end, the artist felt an uplifting of spirits, writing:

My Muse has returned to me – I found her waiting for me on the doorstep faithful wench, which goes to show how futile it is to travel over mountains in search of material when it lies at your own pavement, for the seeing. (Frances Hodgkins - Leitmotif, 2005)