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  • Country: United States
  • Category: Painting
  • Technique: Acrylic
  • Medium: Canvas
  • Theme: Figure Painting
  • Measurements: 10.98 x 14.02 in
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  • Tags: girl, portrait, painting, drawing, renaissance, sienna

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Artwork description

Dancing in the Garden
Acrylic on Canvas
11”’ x 14”
Signed on the back
Certificate of authenticity available
Condition: Excellent

Dancing in the Garden captures a fleeting moment suspended between elegance and mystery. A young woman is caught in a graceful movement, her vibrant orange dress billowing in the wind as she gently gathers the fabric with both hands. The gesture evokes the timeless glamour of Marilyn Monroe, yet the scene unfolds in a dreamlike world entirely its own.
Her face is partially concealed by a cascade of flowers, replacing certainty with imagination and inviting the viewer to wonder who she is—or perhaps to see themselves in her place. Two delicate blue butterflies flutter among the blossoms, like playful spirits joining her dance.
Behind her, a luminous blue background suggests a distant garden rendered with a decorative quality, almost like an elegant wallpaper. The cool tones of the landscape create a striking contrast with the warmth of the orange dress, amplifying the painting’s sense of movement and vitality.
In Dancing in the Garden, beauty reveals itself not through what is fully seen, but through what remains hidden. It is a celebration of freedom, transformation, and the poetic mystery that blooms when nature and imagination move as one.

Artist information

Carlos Gamez de Francisco (b.1987, Holguin, Cuba) lives and works in Prospect,KY. He has received numerous awards including the Fine Art Photographer of theYear at Moscow International Photo Awards, the Honorable Mention atInternational Color Awards and Tokio International Photo Awards; the MuseumGuild Purchase Award at Evansville Museum; the SAIC Distinguished Scholarshipat The Art Institute of Chicago; the Key to the City of Louisville by Mayor GregFischer; and the “Dreammakers” Artist in Residence at Muhammad Ali Center. Hehas had solo shows at 21c Museum, Bentonville, AR; Kenise Barnes Fine Art,Larchmont, NY, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL; Muhammad AliMuseum, Louisville, KY; and the Colonial Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. Gamez deFrancisco is represented in the collections of the 21c Museum, Louisville, KY; theFashion Resource Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; theCubaocho Museum & Performing Arts Center, Miami, FL; and the Louisville MetroHall, Louisville, KY.

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