Mother and Child 2020

Rose Freymuth-Frazier painted "Mother and Child" in a classic style. The brushwork is delicate, and the colours are rich. It’s a process of building up layers, where each stroke matters. There's something so tender about the way that cat snuggles into her shoulder. The orange robe has a shimmer, but it's not just flat colour, right? You can almost feel the weight of the fabric, the way it folds and drapes. The flowers look as though they have been stitched onto the robe in a riot of colour. The overall palette is really striking, the way the blue in the background offsets the orange of the robe. It suggests this cosy domesticity. This image evokes the work of artists such as Alice Neel, who found extraordinary beauty in everyday life. Rose is clearly a very intuitive painter, who understands that painting is about more than just depicting what we see, it is also about evoking feelings.