The artist uses strong strokes, creating a textured surface that gives the mountains in the background a rugged appearance. The bright yellow fields emphasise that it is the middle of summer, when the locals go out to harvest the fields. Figures holding sickles can be seen half-bent getting on with their work.
Perpetua (Pip) Pope (29 May 1916 – 31 May 2013) was a Scottish painter of landscapes, flower pieces and still-life compositions in both oil and watercolours. She was born in Solihull, England, to Scottish parents, but Pope's family moved to rural Aberdeenshire when she was still a young child. Pope attended Albyn School in Aberdeen, and then commenced study at Edinburgh College of Art in 1936. Her studies were interrupted by World War II, during which time she served with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. In 1946, Pope resumed her studies at Edinburgh College of Art, then undertook teacher training at Moray House. Pope held several teaching posts in primary and private schools, including Lansdowne House in Edinburgh and the role of art mistress at Oxenfoord Castle School, Midlothian. Pope took up a post as art lecturer at Moray House in the mid-1960s, which she held until her early retirement in 1973.
PNT-00905 > Perpetua Pope (1916-2013), Karakoumi, Cyprus, Oil on Board, 100x6cm, 1963
