Oil on canvas

60 x 90 x 2 cm

Unframed

The image was driven by my ongoing quest to simplify. So, limited palette, limited visual content. I placed the figure centrally. The scarlet chair acted as my starting point, I drew that first because I enjoyed the curves and the contrast between the mass of the fabric covered shell and the spindly metal undercarriage.  The colour of the fabric determined the colour of the pyjamas and the rest of the setting. I wanted to limit myself to three colours, the red, the grey and the tans. Then I “collaged in” the figure so that she is not quite sitting on it.

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