Young Woman in a Straw Hat (2025)


    Young Woman in a Straw Hat
    Oil on canvas
    20 by 24 inches (51 by 61 centimetres)
    Completed on 15 November 2025

    A new portrait of my niece Lauren, whom you saw previously in The White Dress. Posing in a sunny      straw hat last summer, I was going for a sort of Renoir approach in the portraiture, and bright colours      that matched the light. 






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