Tea With A View by Maryanne Khan

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Afternoon tea by the beach hardly says it all! The whole scene is painted in the smallest detail, the little cakes with their glacè cherries, the buildings of the little coastal town below, with little pencil-pines and garden fences, and is that washing on a line . . ? An unfinished afternoon tea lies on a little table, but the tea in her cup must have gone cold by now -- what is she thinking about? She's miles away. He has perhaps found something to get his attention, or is he carefully looking for something? We shall never know, because all of that is somewhere outside the scope of the picture, leaving these two as an enigma you can solve any way you choose!

Afternoon tea by the beach hardly says it all! The whole scene is painted in the smallest detail, the little cakes with their glacè cherries, the buildings of the little coastal town below, with little pencil-pines and garden fences, and is that washing on a line . . ? An unfinished afternoon tea lies on a little table, but the tea in her cup must have gone cold by now -- what is she thinking about? She's miles away. He has perhaps found something to get his attention, or is he carefully looking for something? We shall never know, because all of that is somewhere outside the scope of the picture, leaving these two as an enigma you can solve any way you choose!

Maryanne Khan
6 artworks

Junee, NSW. , Australia

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A man and woman sit on a verandah by the sea - she lost in contemplation, he scanning the horizon through binoculars. The painting is done in a stylised and expressive way, with realistic details that are not realistic at all, despite the attention to detail, and that is the whole point of this painting -- something to look at and wonder about, rather than a mirror held up to reality. The viewer is free to use their own imagination and create their own story about what is going on here.

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Maryanne Khan
6 artworks

Junee, NSW. , Australia

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