English painter John Linnell (1792-1882) painted a portrait of a classical beauty called Miss Puxley in 1826.
In 2023, using modern graphic techniques, I turned the portrait into an equally classical, romantic yet somewhat surreal painting.
The roses you see are from the classic painting "Still Life with Roses in a Glass Vase", painted in about 1640 by Dutch painter Jacob van Hulsdonck .
Lots of pink, red, summer and spring in this work. 
                                
 
                                
                                        The stylists at Art Heroes call my art style ‘Art with a Wink’. And I couldn't agree more. Life is serious enough as it is,  don't you think? ;-)
I mainly make surrealist artworks and collages,  because in those artstyles I can so wonderfully unleash my creativity and unbridled..
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