Little Taylor

Little Taylor is an original acrylic painting on a 6" x 4½" board — a small portrait of a small girl, painted with enormous tenderness. She stands squarely facing us, her posture that particular combination of shy and certain that belongs only to children. Her hair is white-blonde, pulled into two soft pigtails fastened with yellow ties that stick out at cheerful angles. Her dress is a warm sunshine yellow — a simple sleeveless shift with a white lace-trimmed hem, its colour the happiest thing in the room. Beneath it, white tights striped in yellow; on her feet, small brown lace-up boots, sturdy and well-worn. In her arms she holds a grey teddy bear, its stuffed limbs dangling, its face soft and familiar — the kind of bear that goes everywhere. A tiny blue star detail sits at her chest. Her eyes are wide and dark, her expression somewhere between watchful and wondering. The background is a soft warm taupe — quiet and unhurried, like a Sunday morning. Pure paint, pure childhood, pure Taylor. A one-of-a-kind original by Branka, created once and never again.

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