Josephine

Weight	1 kg
Dimensions	20 × 16 × 2 cm
Presentation	Matted-Unframed
Materials	Pigment inks on archival paper.

The original painting Josephine is a mixed media work, with multiple layers of collage papers, inks and acrylic paint. This is a reproduction print.

Josephine’s title was inspired by a love letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine: “A few days ago I thought I loved you; but since I last saw you, I feel I love you a thousand times more. All the time I have known you, I adore you more each day; that just shows you how wrong was La Bruyere’s maxim that love comes all at once. Everything in nature has its own life and different stages of growth. I beg you, let me see some of your faults: be less beautiful, less graceful, less good…”

Words from a love letter (below) are written into the painting by me – I originally had asemic writing in that place, but upon reading these words had to put them into the composition instead. This painting went through so many stages / layers, and I liked each one but kept wanting more. With each layer, I loved it a little more, and the words from the love letter seemed to suit her.

About the print

This abstract art print is made with pigment inks on high quality paper – it is being sold matted with backboard ready for framing. I print myself, in studio, on a professional Epson pigment ink printer on specialty fine art paper. All packaging materials including mats, backing boards etc. are acid free so that you can store the print as is without worry, or transfer the mat and backing board to a frame of your choice. Beware of lower cost mats and frames – cheap mat board can ruin a fine print by causing it to yellow!

$65.00 – $200.00