Humour, sensuousness and a wild imagination characterise Pauline Bewick’s best work, writes Alannah Hopkin

Pauline Bewick’s seventieth birthday on 4 September, 2005 was marked by the publication of Seven Ages (edited by Alan Hayes, Arlen House), a handsome folio-size production with over 176 colour reproductions, selected from over 15,000 images Bewick has painted to date