Jessie Lawrie was Paul's beloved second wife, his muse and model. Although they met and fell in love in the 1930s, they didn't marry until 1950 and it was at Mill Cottage, together with their Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and cats that they were to settle into domestic bliss. (See the photographs in the display cabinet).

Following in the footsteps of Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940) and Edgar Degas (1834-1917) and their intimite domestic interiors of the 1890's, Maze evokes the same warm atmosphere as he celebrates the beauty and simplicity in the mundane acts of Jessie dressing, undressing and bathing.

With these quietly intimate pastels with muted colour palette, Maze lets us into their private world and reveals so much about his affection for his beautiful red-headed younger wife.

The art dealer Alfred Daber recalls: "I first met Jessie at Kinnerton Street, and she won my heart with her gentle dignity and unfailing loyalty."