Sandra Blow RA, British 1925–2006 - Summer (Ridgeway), 2005; acrylic and hessian collage on canvas, signed and dated lower right 'Blow 05', further signed, titled, dated and inscribed on the reverse 'Blow 05 Title: Ridgeway', 59 x 59 cm (ARR) Note: together with exhibition catalogue: New Millennium Gallery, St Ives Provenance: with Caroline Weissman Modern Art, London (according to the label on the reverse); private collection Note: Blow is considered to be one of the pioneering abstract artists of the 1950s who introduced a new form of expressive painting to Britain, often using everyday discarded materials such as sawdust, sackcloth and plaster, as well as paint. Although considerably younger than many of her contemporaries of this early period, she was at the forefront of the abstract movement. The present work is an exemplary piece of her later period, showing her skillful techniques towards creating abstract form, light, space, texture and rhythm.