Sarah Leyden

Age 14

Park Life, 2024

Oil on canvas | Unframed: 35 x 50cm

‘This is a painting of my friend Eliza. I painted her because she was happy to be painted. The portrait reminds me of a sunny day we spent in the park towards the end of term at the start of summer. We lay in the grass under the warm sun chatting about the holidays to come and hoping that the sun would last; and that we would have blue skies for the holidays. It didn’t last – of course – but hopefully it will come back and there will be more time to laze in the park.’

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