Lamb

Whimsical, childish, fun. Charissa painted to make her children laugh and love and value their own art works. Charissa hopes her paintings enable stories to be told, perhaps trigger a song or nursery rhyme, bring a smile and inject life and fun into a space.

Though a child's nursery or bedroom seems an obvious place to hang this, Charissa can see this greeting visitors in the entry way or along the hallway. Country style or modern, it will fit in easily due to the more subdued tones and subtle marks. Whereever you want an injection of fun.

This painting is composed of acrylic paint on canvas. It is signed on the side.

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Charissa is a self-taught artist whose artistic style never really "grew up". She maintained her childish style of drawing through scribbles and doodles in the margins of her notebooks into the corporate world after graduating.

Since becoming a mum in 2013, Charissa re-discovered intuitive mark marking through her observing her children in their play. She is fascinated with the freedom and boundless imagination kids naturally possess in the creation of their works. They inspire her to be free in expression, colour and movement in combination with her 'left-handed state of mind' and abstracted perspectives.

In turn, the themes of her works are centered around her children along with a dose of nostalgia from her own childhood. She wants to gift fun and spark joy through her art.

A maestro once said "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." and she is determined to resolve this.