William “Bill” Sutton was a painter from Christchurch Ōtautahi, who studied and worked in New Zealand and in the UK.
Currently on show in the Suter Gallery is one of his pieces “Still life with Waistcoat”. This painting is of a tweed outfit against a moody blue background. The brushstrokes give the impression of woven cloth and the painting seems to portray strength, independence, experience, age and dignity with poignancy and a little solitary sadness.
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