Fragile orange Summer in Pink is created

Summer in Pink is created on two canvas panels (diptych) which can be either hung next to each other or separately

An idea I was playing with whilst creating this painting was of Eve in the garden of Eden

Spanish Garden

It has been coated with a satin varnish to protect the pigments

Fragile orange Summer in Pink is createdFragile oil on canvas 101 x 76 x 1 cm. Fragile, I am whole, don't break me. Fragile is an experimental work. Some of my previous floral oil paintings have an abstract background which was filled around a Jackson Pollock inspired drip I was curious to see what effect I could achieve using this technique in a portrait. It brings a contemporary twist to the image and a suggestion that beauty is fragile and could be easily shattered Fragile. Fragile is