Description

Original “Owd Lass” Painting – Framed with added printed Caption

Cindy’s always had a knack for chasing something just out of reach.

Once a seamstress in the Big House, her life took a turn when promises didn’t quite land as expected. The scandal, the shift to factory work, the noise, the loss of centre stage… Cindy adapted, as they all do.

Since then, she’s kept one eye on a better life—collecting coupons, entering competitions, doing the scratch cards in the hope that something might finally fall her way. And sometimes, it did. A few wins, a fleeting taste of something more… enough to keep the dream ticking over.

Painted by Sue Dewhurst, this piece balances humour with something more bittersweet—the quiet resilience of carrying on, even when things didn’t quite turn out as planned.

Set outside a corner shop on Hope Street, Cindy stands on the threshold between what is and what might have been. Still hopeful. Still trying her luck.

Presented in a hand-painted shadow frame, her caption anchors the piece with her unmistakable voice—dry, sharp, and just a little defiant.

Cindy is part of the Owd Lasses series—small, character-led paintings rooted in working-class life, humour, and social observation. Each piece begins with an everyday setting—a corner shop, a passing moment—but reveals something more layered beneath it. Hopes, compromises, and the quiet persistence of carrying on, even when things didn’t quite go to plan.

✔ Original, one-of-a-kind artwork
✔ Hand-painted shadow frame with integrated caption
✔ Includes full written backstory
✔ Signed original
✔ can be viewed in person at Sue’s West Wales studio

Part of the wider Owd Lasses collection — explore more characters here.

Small in scale. Big in story.
Everyone knows a Cindy.

£575