Mother-Love No.4

Mother-Love No.4

160cm x 100cm / 2008
oil and gold leaf on canvas

“embracing forgotten values”

Oringinal oil painting
by
Marinella

THE PROJECT No. 2

For the 2nd painting in the series I have chosen a mother with a child, a very old theme which existed even in pre-Christian art and which appears in the first icons of Coptic art in Egypt. Although I have painted Maria and Jesus as subjects I have not actually painted a star over Maria as is normal and which would indicate that she is a virgin, because this painting is about the unconditional love a normal healthy woman feels instinctively for her child. A love which protects and defends, indeed as a healthy society should defend its children. But is this love truly respected today? I expect the viewer to comprehend that Mother-Love is the first love, which is the love we should have all known since we are somebody’s child, and that it is the source of all life, a love which will protect and defend us forever.

Mother-Love No.4 belongs to the following groups:

1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , Childhood, Masterpiece: Art and Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs) Available for sale as

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