Oil on Linen

9.5 x 7" (unframed).

Physalis Fruit and husk.

I wanted to paint something that portrayed my emotions when my eldest child was about to leave home and go to university. I felt like I had created this wonderful, beautiful person but at the same time felt like it had taken a part of me and all that was left was a husk of what I had been. So this painting is a visual metaphor for my daughter leaving home.