by Lucy Harrison
Oil on board with 24ct gold leaf
h: 51 w: 51 d: 2 (cms).
I found my daughter dreaming of magical far away lands, bathed in the golden hues of early morning summer sunshine. She’s on the cusp of growing up and leaving behind her childhood innocence but she doesn’t know that yet. So for now, I’ll leave her dreaming, captured in oils and blinding gold leaf before time does its work and takes her from me. A personal portrait, painted during the long summer holidays before the start of senior school, and an attempt to record some of the magical little girl that I could keep forever. The golden hues and dazzling gold leaf petals, which sparkle and twinkle as if dancing around her frame, create the warmth of the sunny summer morning but also convey the otherworldliness of her dreams and the celestial and angelic nature of her childishness. Deep in slumber, the naturally upwards bent arm and folds of fabric were gifts of positioning that I accentuated by using square dimensions. Here we have spirals of flesh and fabric that draw the eye in.
£50000 (As exhibited.)
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