Large Scale Portrait 4ft x 5ft

Mothers Who Have Lost

This large-scale oil portrait, measuring 4ft x 5ft, forms part of a body of work exploring motherhood, loss, remembrance and resilience.

The intimate seated composition places the sitter within a richly upholstered chair, surrounded by carefully considered decorative elements. Her quiet, contemplative expression becomes the emotional focus of the painting, while the scale of the work gives the portrait a powerful physical presence.

Painted in oils and finished with gold and copper leaf, the surface combines traditional portraiture with luminous, reflective passages. The metallic leaf creates shifts in light and texture around the sitter, lending the work a precious, almost icon-like quality and reinforcing themes of memory, value and commemoration.

The painting was subsequently sold to Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, where it entered their collection.

Medium: Oil, gold leaf and copper leaf
Size: 4ft x 5ft
Collection: Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong