'Runa'

'Portrait of Runa'

30 cm x 30 cm

Acrylic on Canvas

When Pam sent me an email, last month, inquiring about

the possibilities for this commission, I was thrilled!

It was a request for the portrait of a beautiful Bengali bride...

Pam wanted me to do a portrait of Runa, her boyfriend Jake's sister,

who recently got married in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The photograph where Runa wears the flower head-piece is

from the traditional 'blessing ceremony'

(notice the slight hint of turmeric on Runa's forehead,

something I tried to retain in the painting.....)

Here are a couple of close-ups for the details:

We were discussing possibilities and preferences so far as a bird in the background is concerned.

We finally agreed upon the peacock ....its magnificent plumage adds to the portrait,

a sense of joy and celebration, don't you think?

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