Occasional pop-up photo exhibitions on www.clarencebicknell.com
Number 1: Maria Pia Luly Jones
Those who love wild flowers, the Alps, nature in general and fine photography are very happy to be able to browse a nice display online. The Clarence Bicknell Association invites photographers and artists, who have a link with Clarence and an affection for his life and work, to submit a selection of interesting images.
Maria Pia Luly Jones is a noted botanical watercolourist who lived for a long time in Bordighera and is passionate about Clarence. She spoke at the conference of 26 April 2025 organised by Dssa. Daniela Gandolfi, director of the International 
Institute of Ligurian Studies, in the Museo Bicknell in Bordighera. Maria Pia demonstrated some of the techniques that Clarence must have used when painting; how to draw straight lines with a brush, how to make the stroke from the bottom to the top to get even paint thickness, how to use a fine brush of only four hairs for the finest of detail and how to mix yellow. At moments when Maria Pia evoked in a voice which faltered for a second, Clarence was there with us in the room and a hundred fascinated faces. She showed us four of the watercolours she has done, not dissimilar to some of Clarence’s, and we have the privilege of being able to reproduce them here for you, see below.
Photo, left. Maria Pia Luly Jones is second from the left.
Maria Pia prefers watercolour paints from Windsor & Newton and Schmincke. Her pencils are Prisma Colour Premier and her brushes: series 7 Windsor & Newton, and Borciani Bonazzi from 20.0 to 4. Click on an image for details.
