LORENCE EVANS is candid: ‘The only thing I could never part with would be a drawing by my daughter.’ As a new dealer, she can’t afford otherwise: ‘Ultimately, everything has to be for sale.’ Which is why at last October’s Decorative Art Fair in Battersea, London SW11, she sold a painting with which she had fallen in love. ‘It was such a whimsical and beautiful piece by a fairly unknown woman artist. I put it on my stand, because it was such a fabulous picture, and thought to myself, I’m going to put a massive price on this, so that I don’t sell it, because it’s my favourite picture ever. Of course, it was the first thing I sold. I know the person I sold it to treasures it and loves it every bit as much as I did, so
