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in 1997. and in 1998, he had a near-fatal car crash, was in a coma and then faced prosecution. She flew to
Australia to be with him. He said, "Apart from being a talented painter, she saved my life, my emotional stability, such as it is," and, "I really wouldn't have got through it if it hadn't been
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Downes shows the particularities of the flower, its nature, its fullness or destined decay, the curve or arabesque of stems and petals subject to the whim of the wind, always with a great mastery of drawing and the possibilities of watercolour to show the light, to heighten the colours or to reduce
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considered her work to be proof that flower painting does not have to be an anachronism or merely decorative pastime, but can demonstrate a contemporary sensitivity, and that she exemplified a combination of scientific and aesthetic inquiry. Hughes wrote the catalogue for the show.
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A series of her limited edition prints were published by
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of orchids, hibiscos, irises and tulips, painted from life. Olga
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for Doris. I know that's a sentimental thing to say—it's the sort of thing you're supposed to say—but it is true." In 2001, she married Hughes in the Saló de Cent, the town hall in
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