'Madonna and Child (Rachel and Rebecca)'
Oil on canvas 82 x 82cm
1999
Raphael
'Madonna della Sedia' |
Raphael’s tondo
‘Madonna della Sedia’ was the starting point for this painting. I loved the way the figures are tightly
compressed into the circle. The
models are Rachel Norman, who is the epitome of motherhood as well as being a
mathematician at the University of Stirling, and her daughter Rebecca. I very much enjoyed the challenge of
softly falling fabric, and all those hands and feet.
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