A fine still life oil on canvas by Colin Cairness Clinton Campbell 1894-1970. The painting depicts in the post-impressionist manner, a jug of pink hydrangeas set against a cloth of green and complimented by glass balls placed to the side. The work is beautifully composed and the technique superb with a bold use of the brush and thick impasto paint to contrast texture and colour. The painting is in good untouched condition and is signed to the lower right ‘Colin Campbell’. Colin Cairness Clinton Campbell was born in 1894 and is known as a flower and portrait painter. He studied in New York, and at the Byam Shaw School, and the Slade School in London. He exhibited widely, most often at the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts but also at the Royal Scottish Academy and Goupil Gallery, his work is held at the Glasgow Art Gallery. The painting retains the original frame which is partly silvered and partly shaded pine to compliment the colours of the piece giving the work a superb period look. The...