windswept : portrait of a woman with artist Renee Walden

windswept : portrait of a woman

28 January 2017

Recently completed...

Windswept

Mixed media painting on exhibition canvas
Acrylics and collage
Size 45 x 45 cm (4cm deep)
Side of the canvas are painted black.
Ready to hang. No need to frame.
Initialled on the front. Signed and dated on the back.

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Detail of 'Windswept' : mixed media painting of a woman

Detail of 'Windswept' : mixed media portrait of a woman

Mixed media portrait of a woman. Detail.

'Windswept' : portrait of a woman. Original mixed media painiting on canvas.

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