Love in Waiting

or "How Lovely Is the Silence of Growing Things"

Yet another painting that developed a life of its own, becoming more conceptual than anticipated at the beginning. I really like the blankness of her hair as is reflects my favourite painting stage: As soon as the skin is established, the painting possesses a certain character while all the surrounding white space allows for so many options, too.

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Done entirely without masking fluid.

water colours, gold acrylic paint, white ink