the perfect summer

"The Perfect Summer" - commissioned abstract painting
"The Perfect Summer" - commissioned abstract painting

After all the little ones from the last week, I just had to share this big beauty.

This bold painting was commissioned by a couple of lovely friends of mine. They are building a new home and said they would like a large painting by me done now as they just start building, so that they can design their new interior and home decor around it. To say I felt flattered would be understatement of the year!

We spoke about what they had in mind, we looked at a number of completed paintings I had in my studio, we talked about colours and theme and then I sent them a few ideas I put together in photoshop. They choose one and then gave me free reign to do my thing and have some fun. The whole process was an absolute joy.

Thanks L & G

:-)

"The Perfect Summer"
76 x 76cm
Mixed media on exhibition canvas

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