6 Bentley, c.1977 pastel, 52.5 x 73.5 cms exhibited
Pat Douthwaite: An Uncompromising Vision, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 2012-2013
Douthwaite made a trip to India in 1976 from which experience many drawings emerged in the next few years including this wonderful, eccentric Bentley (although the badge seems more like the Rolls Royce Spirit of Ecstasy taking flight). As when she draws people or animals, conventional perspective is subverted in favour of character and we are invited to speculate about the history of this British vehicle on the other side of the world. 20