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  • Country: United States
  • Category: Painting
  • Technique: Acrylic
  • Medium: Canvas
  • Theme: Figure Painting
  • Measurements: 15.00 x 15.98 in
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  • Tags: girl, portrait, yellow, painting, drawing, pearls

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Artwork description

Pearls and Gloves IV
Acrylic on Canvas
16” x 15”
Signed on the back
Certificate of authenticity available
Condition: Excellent

Pearls and Gloves IV captures a moment of quiet elegance viewed from behind, inviting the viewer into an intimate gesture of self-adornment. A woman stands with her back turned, dressed in an elaborate white gown whose luminous folds suggest both refinement and grace. With both hands lifted to her hair, she appears to be adjusting a final detail, yet the pose also seems deliberately composed—as though she knows she is being observed.
Resting along the graceful curve of her neck, dozens of pearls catch the light with a soft radiance. Though her face remains hidden, the necklace becomes the true focal point of the painting, offered to the viewer like a whispered display of beauty and timeless sophistication.
Around her, delicate creatures animate the scene with symbolic meaning. A butterfly and a dragonfly hover nearby, embodying freedom, transformation, and the fleeting nature of beauty. Upon the folds of her dress, a small beetle rests in quiet balance, grounding the composition and suggesting stability amid the movement and ornament.
In Pearls and Gloves IV, concealment becomes revelation. By turning away, the figure reveals what matters most: not identity, but presence; not expression, but gesture. The painting is a meditation on elegance, transformation, and the delicate equilibrium between stillness and flight.

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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