tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post128721968364631378..comments2023-09-13T18:15:55.025+01:00Comments on ☆Sharon's Sunlit Memories☆: Dorelle - South of the Equatorsharonssunlitmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00817837936506262964noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-42856807467975359272016-04-12T14:50:00.739+01:002016-04-12T14:50:00.739+01:00Hi there! Dorelle was my father's cousin, and ...Hi there! Dorelle was my father's cousin, and lived with her husband, Laurie, in Auburn Road, Kenilworth, Cape. Her real name was Dorrie Humphris. She did a great deal of work for the Cape Argus both as an artist and a cartoonist. My son owns a Dorelle sketch of the great men of the day queueing before a camera: Roosevelt, Churchill, Smuts, Halifax, Bailey and others, all headed by a bizarrely pompous Mussolini. My brother and I have some of her paintings - mine are a striking Arab head and an evocative black mother and child. Philip Le Feuvre philcharm@gmail.comCharmianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693838039709605151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-66236213200850164442013-10-25T20:29:30.321+01:002013-10-25T20:29:30.321+01:00Sharon: I was referred by a friend with whom I wa...Sharon: I was referred by a friend with whom I was in conversation about DORELLE'S paintings - I have the exact same set of place mats and actually knew Dorry and her husband Laury when I was a student in Cape Town in 1963 - and got the mats as a wedding present in 1965. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359419948819423767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-72416509765457794672013-04-08T11:05:35.907+01:002013-04-08T11:05:35.907+01:00You captured something in grandmother's eyes, ...You captured something in grandmother's eyes, they're really intense. Your talents as a portraitist completely outstrip my efforts. You're right about the depiction of fabrics on the place mats, the artist seems to have captured them the feel of the fabric with ease.DeadSpiderEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687178085803686186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-85095303917404554592011-07-14T21:40:56.317+01:002011-07-14T21:40:56.317+01:00Hi Mariana - I'm hoping you will come back thi...Hi Mariana - I'm hoping you will come back this way as I have no means of contacting you anywhere else. I'd love to find out more about the exhibition you mentioned and the Dorelle paintings included there. You can email me at sharonsouter1@gmail.com or leave another comment. I also searched online but could find nothing about Dorelle anywhere - Sharonsharonssunlitmemorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817837936506262964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-8008534990014070402011-07-13T19:54:22.965+01:002011-07-13T19:54:22.965+01:00Hi! I am so glad that I found this page on the int...Hi! I am so glad that I found this page on the internet! Just today I saw 2 works of Dorelle at an exhibition, but no-one could give me any info on the artist. They are all still searching. Seeing the signature, I am convinced that it is ithe same artist. If anyone could help us get more information, I shall surely appreciate it. Thank you for sharing these marvellous pieces of joy! RianaMariana Haasbroeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-46548647770525109742011-06-15T00:39:43.689+01:002011-06-15T00:39:43.689+01:00Hi Sharon
those placemats are beautiful...the dres...Hi Sharon<br />those placemats are beautiful...the dresses on those glamorous 50's women and the way the artist has captured their attitude...lovely Even the little girl in her 50's bikini...so much detail. My cup of tea to a T! Thanks for sharing them, and thanks for following my blog because now I've found yours which I know I'm going to love. I'd better stop now, catch you later xKyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258543009688502584noreply@blogger.com