Barbara has imagined a paining within a painting. Here the silk hanging takes centre stage with delicately rendered young women in beautiful clothes set amongst stylised ribbons, flowers and intricately patterned red spheres.
The small vase draws the eye away from the hanging into the foreground and is placed on a marble table which reflects the colours of the painting. The colours of the textile are bold and striking but the watercolour medium lends the painting an overall softness and light appearance.
Please see Barbara's other Japanese inspired paintings if you would like to create a series of paintings for a unique collection of original works on paper. The other artworks currently available on Bluethumb in this series are called, "White Flowers with a Japanese Wall Hanging" and "Camellias and Kimonos".