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LOST AND FOUND is a landscape artwork with a story about a boy, painted in shades of black and white, walking through a field of spent flowers. He is looking for a friend he has lost.
The faded field of flowers becomes a metaphor for the fleetingness of life. As the boy walks, his gaze is fixed on a distant black shadow, a ghostly silhouette beckoning him forward. Is it his friend, a ghost from the past, a future yet to unfold or a metaphorical threshold between innocence and experience?
The vintage aesthetic gives the painting something timeless and evokes a sense of nostalgia that transcends specific eras. The subdued palette of black, white and pastel colours highlights the emotion in the painting with nuances.
The mixed media painting ‘LOST AND FOUND’ was created using a combination of collage, acrylic paint, pastel crayon and watercolor
I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…