Wright, David - landscape (May 1945)

A recent conversation in London with David Wright's sole surviving son, Paul (older brothers Nicky & Patrick have passed), revealed that his father painted landscapes as a form of relaxation. Given the detail involved involved in his fashion, advertising and illustration work (coupled with the fact that most of that was produced while hunched over a drafting table in a studio), it's easy to understand how being outside and playing with form, light and color while apart from the client constraints of his day job would be a necessary departure & break for Wright.

This piece is among three in watercolor that all look to have been completed during a May 1945 trip to the countryside.