Portrait pastel drawing of an elderly Gambian woman. She is leaning against a wall painted pink and she looks resignedly into the distance. Her face leans on her hand, a hand that has been working very hard. She wears a white dress with pink embroidery and on her head the blue printed cloth is draped.
It is an image of an African woman, an image like there are many, proud women who work hard all their lives for their children . And at the end of their lives are tired and do not know what the future will bring them.
Gambia / Africa / {Portrait/ Woman/ Old woman/ Sitting/ Watching/ Pastel drawing/ Figurative art/ Headscarf/ Blue headscarf/ White dress/ Pink embroidery/ Blue/ Pink/ White /
This watercolour matches beautifully with the new Flexa colour of 2024 Sweet Embrace, Soft embrace.
I have time to draw and paint more after years of volunteer work for the St. Care Foundation The Gambia. Inspiration I got in the Gambia where I also lived. The colors, the population and life is a great source of inspiration. But also the quieter.. Read more…