Year created: 2017

Dimensions:70/28”H 50/20” W (cm/inches)

Medium & Materials: Acrylic on deep canvas

The painting is finished with a semi-gloss coat which adds a subtle luster and protects the artwork. Unframed ready to hang.

Not For Sale

I painted this painting when I was pregnant of my second child, my daughter Luciana who is a gorgeous girl with Down syndrome.

I had had her diagnosis on the first scan and after a black month (I call it like that) a month where I spent it worried and now I don’t really want to get into detail; it was really a black month. One day I decided to go back to painting. This painting started very dark as I thought I want it to be abstract and reproduce the material concrete with some touches of color. Through the layers, I could see what the painting was becoming, this Maternity and the strong bonding that exists between the mother and the child even though not yet knowing the baby. With the white and silver I represent this light that the baby transmits to the mom and the strong connection that already exist already before the baby is born. And This baby has a heart. With color, my aim was to transmit this strong emotion I was feeling.  I treasure this painting, and I have decided that it belongs to my daughter, therefore not for sale. She is the light of my days; I wouldn’t change anything and this painting reminds me of this beautiful beginning, my choice. Not for sale.