Fragile orange An idea I was playing

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

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

Butterflies delight in their bounty

I wanted the painting to depict the morning and the beauty and tranquillity of a fleeting moment

Fragile orange An idea I was playingFragile 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