Patrick Phillips (1907-1976), Bantry Bay Garden bench with a small road running

with a small road running along the lakeshore

This luminous portrait is an early example of her work that is rarely seen

maybe before a storm

leaving just glowing dots for the surrounding faces

Patrick Phillips (1907-1976), Bantry Bay Garden bench with a small road runningPatrick Phillips was an English landscape and portrait painter. He was also a teacher and later principal, at the Byam Shaw art school. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, amongst other places. The Tate Gallery holds one of his portrait paintings. This painting of Bantry Bay captures the light and landscape of West Cork in the South West of Ireland. Haystacks dot the fields and clouds scud across the sky. Notes and gallery label on the reverse. Note