Morning

Creative writing class today. Last week's homework was to write about a familiar work of art and use it to create a story. Morning by Dod Procter has been on our bedroom wall for many years so I wrote about the model. It was voted Picture of the Year at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1927 and bought for the nation by the Daily Mail newspaper. From c.1922 Dod Procter had begun to paint a series of simple, monumental portraits of young women that she knew, utilizing the fall of light across the figures to give a powerful sense of volume. The model was Cissie Barnes, the sixteen year old daughter of a fisherman from Newlyn, the Cornish village that was home to Dod Procter for most of her working life. The popularity of this painting led to its being displayed in New York, followed by a tour of Britain from 1927 to 1929. I couldn't do it justice because of the angle and reflection so I messed about with it to emphasise the dreamlike effect it has on me.