Carnivale Venice medium Anyway courtesy of an American

Anyway courtesy of an American dealer friend and a bit of TLC from our professional restorers here she is

Grimes was a name I spotted on a sign somewhere and thought it very “Old Curiosity Shop” and The Mysore Mauler relates to Tipu Sultan the ruler of Mysore

it was an after-thought and felt like it was the right thing to do

It is a small-scale canvas and although the sitter is in uniform it has an informality about it that suggests a window of opportunity grasped

upon an over-painting and fragments of the previous incarnations are still visible so the more you look

Carnivale Venice medium Anyway courtesy of an American