“Les Ombrelles”, Oil on Acrylic Base Painting on Canvas

Dreamy figurative painting on canvas, created in oil over acrylic base, titled “Les Ombrelles”, dated 1981, signed verso. The composition centers on a seated woman in a golden-orange dress, her head gently tilted and her expression softened into quiet introspection. Around her, rounded parasol-like forms bloom across the background in muted pinks, peaches, creams, and mauves, giving the work a floating, atmospheric quality.

The painting has a soft, almost hazy surface, with the figure emerging through layers of warm colour. Her dress is delicately patterned with small white marks, while areas of raised impasto add tactile detail along the hem, sleeve, parasol edges, and background. These textured passages contrast beautifully with the blurred, powdery transitions of the acrylic underpainting. Intimate and nostalgic, the umbrellas feel like a surrounding rhythm of shelter, light, and summer air. Very romantic ..

31 1/4” x 21”