Mother And Baby Oil

Mother and Baby is a 72 × 72 cm oil painting created on up-cycled canvas, depicting a tender, intimate moment between a mother and her child. The figures are shown in close embrace, their faces turned toward one another, forming a quiet, self-contained world of connection and care.
Rendered in a contemporary expressionist style, the painting uses warm, radiant tones of orange, red, and gold to envelop the figures in a glowing atmosphere, evoking warmth, protection, and emotional depth. Loose, expressive brushstrokes animate the background, where subtle, organic forms rise like echoes of nature or memory, enhancing the sense of shelter and continuity.
The mother’s elongated profile and the infant’s softened features are stylized rather than literal, allowing feeling to take precedence over realism. Blues and ochres in the clothing provide gentle contrast to the fiery background, guiding the viewer’s eye back to the shared gaze and the small, anchoring gesture of the child’s hand.
By working on an up-cycled canvas, the artist adds a quiet layer of meaning to the work, reinforcing themes of renewal, care, and continuity. Mother and Baby is both intimate and universal, transforming a private moment of nurturing into a timeless, symbolic image of love and protection.