Signed l.r.: D.P.Bliss

Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 by 19 3/4 ins (50 by 60 cm)     

Painted in the artist’s garden at Windley in Derbyshire, this beautiful evocation of a summer garden in full bloom recalls the intensely coloured landscapes of Stanley Spencer. The artist’s young daughter is deliberately painted as if to blend in with the profusion of colour around her.