Labours of Love, Sepia Painting

An original sepia painting of an African mother bent over a woven basket at her household chores. The artist titles it Labours of Love. She leans low over a large round basket, head bowed and arms reaching into it, caught in the middle of an ordinary task, drawn in a few dark, confident lines over washes of rust and golden ochre with pale streaks and splashes behind her. The artist means it as a tribute to the strength and care of African women, and to the small daily acts that hold a family together and so often go unnoticed. The artist lists the medium as aciduro watercolour and acrylic on canvas. At 7 by 10 inches it suits a desk, a shelf or a gallery wall of small pieces, and its warm browns sit easily with most rooms. It is one of a kind, not a print, signed LEXIS 2014 in the lower right corner. Painted by hand in Ghana. Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from damp.