Oil on canvas 50×70 cm – private collection

The story of how the picture was created is very interesting. A couple received a gift certificate for one of my paintings as a wedding present. The gift-giver had planned for a double portrait to be a lasting treasure, but the couple didn’t think so, because the husband didn’t want to look at his own face in a painting every day. Another painting, or two, was created to express their togetherness, but the theme of the double portrait was not forgotten. We pondered until we managed to find a degree of abstraction that they both felt was their own, and even the original intention of the giver was realised.