Information on the original artwork

  • Country: United States
  • Category: Painting
  • Technique: Acrylic
  • Medium: Canvas
  • Theme: Figure Painting
  • Measurements: 37.99 x 52.01 in
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  • Tags: girl, portrait, painting, drawing, renaissance, sienna

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Artwork description

Homes & Gardens
Acrylic on Canvas
38” x 52”
Signed on the back
Certificate of authenticity available
Condition: Excellent

Homes & Gardens presents a scene that feels at once regal, whimsical, and quietly unsettling. At first glance, a refined lady appears before a lush garden, dressed in the extravagant fashion of the eighteenth century. Her ornate gown unfolds with theatrical elegance, and her towering powdered wig recalls the opulence associated with Marie Antoinette and the elaborate world of Versailles.
Yet the illusion of grandeur begins to shift upon closer inspection. The woman is not a living figure at all, but a doll—an exquisitely crafted object suspended between portrait and plaything. Set against a flourishing garden, the composition blurs the boundary between nature and decoration, reality and fantasy. The flowers and foliage echo the ornamental quality of her attire, as though she herself were another carefully cultivated element within this meticulously arranged landscape.
In Homes & Gardens, beauty is both celebrated and gently questioned. The painting invites us to reflect on how identity is constructed, how appearances can deceive, and how even the most elaborate façades may reveal themselves to be charming illusions.

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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