Description

This is another beauty for beauties sake painting about females in nature minding their own business.

Pure vivid colours, contrasted by dark neutral tones, bring drama to this scene of a beautiful young girl in nature. She dominates our view but the painting is not just about the look of her – it’s also about where she’s going, where’s that warm light emanating from but mostly it’s about what kind of thoughts are consuming her.

We all have memories of what it’s like to be a child but what about the thoughts we harboured as children – do you remember when you first had to think for yourself and work out the complications of your life? Do you recall hatching plans and trying to take charge of your life – even when so young?

It’s an oil painting about a magical moment in nature, the simple wholesomeness and freedom of childhood and the gravity of thought that children are capable of.