Tradition.

The large dish expertly balanced on this womans head inspired me to paint this colourful portrait of tradition.
The painting depicts a young Zulu mother cradling her baby in a sling across her chest. She is attired in green with matching headdress, large traditional ear pierced earrings and her upper arms adorned with multiple polished brass bracelets.
The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Specifications:
The canvas is stretched on quality heavy duty kiln dried solid pine frame and stretcher bars. Then triple coated with a quality gesso primer on 380gsm high density premium environmentally friendly unbleached cotton duck canvas.
The gallery style corners are folded to the back and the edges are staple free (double back stapled) allowing edges to be painted for a modern contemporary look. Finally for protection the entire painting has been double coated with a premium quality uv satin varnish.
The painting is ready to hang with picture hanging wire and sturdy ‘D’ rings attached.

Follow

My True Love.
Generally my style of art is Representational – realistic stuff, anything that has a strong recognisable subject. Sometimes however I abandon my fine art lured by my previous life as a graphic designer and momentarily I'm overcome and revert to the use of minimalist shapes, images and bright colours.
Being an impatient individual, I prefer to work with acrylics rather than other mediums because of their quick drying time. This allows me the flexibility to make mistakes, knowing that I'm able to quickly correct and paint over them.
As an artist I usually I start with a pencil sketch in my painting diary. I don't necessarily paint it straight away, but often visit the diary as inspiration for future work. My true love is the challenge of capturing the the things and sights that have inspired me on my travels around and about.