Memories fade, whilst a painting lasts generations
Memento
of a home
Sadly many of us have only photographs of family and friends in or around our childhood homes, but we have no image that captures the essence of the place itself.
A painting of the house in its setting or a memorable interior is a lasting work of art to be treasured by our children.
We asked Andrew for our Golden Wedding Anniversary to capture our family house and the pleasure we have shared living there for the past 40 years: he did so to perfection.
The painting is a constant reminder of that joy.
Thank you Andrew.
John Miles
Charles Hill Court in the Surrey hills is a 1908 triumph of Anglo-French collaboration.
Designed by Detmar Blow and the Beaux Arts trained Fernand Billery, with more than a nod to Marie Antoinette’s Le Petit Trianon at Versailles, it just had to be painted.
Who better to commission than Andrew Murdoch, distinguished architect and skilled artist, who specialises in painting beautiful buildings.
Murdoch captures quite perfectly the proportions, renderings, texture and colour of the east gable of Charles Hill Court. From the suggestion of detail in the Lutyens bench in the foreground, the circle of lawn, the narrow Dutch bricks, leadwork and French glazing... his brush portrays the truest of representations. Simply brilliant.
Alan Gillespie, Surrey
