Portrait of a homeless women in Knysna.

Perhaps a fitting title on the eve of the American election that is reverberating around the planet??.

Her gentleness, and beauty shinning through the hardships of her life. A glimpse of what could have been. In a different world.

Based the portrait on Bertha Morisot’s work that she did on brown paper. Naples yellow, and raw sienna, with a touch of burnt umber, as an underpainting to create the paper background, allowing the Naples yellow to dry before applying the raw sienna.