Millie and Joan
I love having creative licence to paint abstract backgrounds. I was thinking about Modernist painter Ben Nicholson when I painted the colour ground and I know this couple love their trips to Norway, so I had the Norwegian art style in my mind when mark-making for the detail.
I used a palette-knife to create the texture on their beautiful dresses - visit my Instagram page to watch some videos of me doing so.
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