Dott: portrait of her husband, Peter McOmish Dott, art dealer and critic.
Full credit:
Peter McOmish Dott (1856–1934), Art Dealer and Critic by Jean Morton Dott.
Always have a thing for Scots and celtic men…and a portrait is only meaningful if there is a connection between sitter and artist, be they photographs or paintings. The connection comes out in the pose, the response. Too much ‘fashion’ style portraiture with empty meaning, no connection, no soul, no truth out there.
Here you can feel the connection between wife and husband, even the uncomfortable nature of shift of power or position temporarily, even the quizzical nature of his look, like ‘why are we doing this?’ – very much a dynamic of long term partners. It’s very telling…
Also I think he’s taken his glasses off, hence the squinting (might not be quizzical then?). Very vain 😉
