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About the donated painting:

Inspired by the life and the death of a 16-century Italian female painter whose brilliance shone as bright as the great masters of her time – all of whom were men. The painter’s life was cut-short under mysterious circumstances. The title ‘A Mist Era I’ is an anagram of ‘Artemesia’, the painter’s name, and suggests that an Era was missed due to her death. The figure in the painting is suspended and it’s not clear whether she is alive or dead.

Today – the painting is more than just about the death of an artist and a missed era. It’s
symbolic and represents a deep and often lonely segment of the human psyche, that state of suspension – whether it's aloneness, helplessness, life, sleep, or death.

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The painting: use of Gold (Gold leaf).

About 70% of the painting is Gold. This is a very high grade 22 carat (gold purity) from Japan. As an artist – I like using gold in my paintings as the painting changes throughout the day as the light changes – it constantly catches your attention as it changes from soft morning light to the last blast of the sun at sunset (add a spotlight and it becomes dramatic).