Carrying Love, Mother and Child Painting
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Material / type
Original acrylic on canvas, painted and signed by hand. Ships rolled in a tube, unstretched.
Size / dimensions
10 x 14 inches, approximately 25 x 36cm
Usage or context
- Handmade by Lexis paintings
- Origin: Ghana
- Category: Arts
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This is a hand painted original and there is one only, so colours can look different on a screen. It ships rolled in a tube, unstretched and unframed, so allow for stretching or framing. Photo 2 is a close detail of the mother's head and shoulders, and photo 3 shows the canvas propped up in the studio.
Cultural context & artisan story
Across much of Africa a baby is carried tied on the mother's back in a length of wrapper cloth, which leaves her hands free and keeps the child close enough to sleep. Lexis paints that everyday sight as a quiet portrait of strength.
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Product description
Overview
An original acrylic painting of a mother carrying her child on her back. Lexis paints the mother from behind as she walks into a soft landscape of peach, yellow and pale green, her dress and the wrapper holding her child broken into strokes of red, pink and white, with a second figure walking beside her. Bright green is flicked across both sides of the canvas like foliage. In the artist's words, the painting turns an everyday act of caring for a child into a symbol of love, protection and resilience, about carrying hopes and the promise of a new generation as much as a child, and the second figure adds a sense of companionship and community. It measures 10 x 14 inches, about 25 x 36cm, and is signed LEXIS at the lower right. There is one only. It ships rolled in a tube, unstretched and unframed.
Vendor information
Lexis paintings
VerifiedAlex Mensah | Contemporary African Artist 🎨 Original paintings inspired by African life 📍Accra, Ghana 🌍 Worldwide shipping 🖼 Originals and prints upon request , available for commissioned works
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