Le Navetteur Still Lifes Rural life hadn’t changed much

Rural life hadn’t changed much up until the Great War and comely young milk maids were a popular inspiration for many of the leading painters of the day

This is where I got the title from - I mentioned the snake when I first posted the painting on social media and a yoga teacher friend commented ‘Kundalini Rising’ and I laughed and thought - yes

This painting is in our Cecil Court gallery

The shades of green in the background make me think of the Regent’s Canal but green is also a healing colour and the colour the heart chakra

In 1939 He was commissioned to paint a group of festival luminaries that included Shaw

Le Navetteur Still Lifes Rural life hadn’t changed much