On the Edge

On the Edge is an original acrylic and mixed media painting on an 18" x 24" canvas — a portrait of a woman who has made sitting on a diving board look like the most elegant thing in the world. She perches sideways on a golden board stretching diagonally across the lower half of the canvas, one leg crossed over the other with easy, unhurried confidence. She wears a red and white striped strapless swimsuit, white sunglasses, and red lips. Behind her head, a massive black and white concentric circle hat — bold, graphic, op-art — radiates outward like a halo designed by someone who takes glamour very seriously. The background is a luminous, electric turquoise blue. She is not looking at the water. She is not thinking about the drop. She is entirely, magnificently herself. And her earring and ring are real — actual jewellery embedded into the canvas, making this a true mixed media original that cannot be reproduced. Pure paint, pure glamour, pure edge. A one-of-a-kind original by Branka, created once and never again.

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