![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I am often attracted to male accessories (I have bought many a man’s scarf) because I am allergic to the frilly embellishments and wishy-washy colours that so many designers believe suitable for women’s clothing. It was a small, faux-snakeskin envelope-style bag suspended from a long, dullish-gold chain. I used it daily until its chain corroded and became useless. The first one I had, however, was designed for men and I bought it in Bali. Currently it is a rounded brown leather version. Wherever I go, one thing always comes with me – some might call it an accessory. My older daughter’s expression is more mischievous, perhaps, but she too stares at the viewer as if daring them to dismiss her as a mere child. Morden’s children are not cute or sweet they are furiously, mulishly themselves – especially my younger daughter.ĭenise’s painting captures an expression of sullen obstinacy that I remember vividly. The children stare unsmilingly from the canvas, challenging us with their uncompromising gaze. ‘Utterly unsentimental’: the portraits of Jane Caro’s daughters that she’d save in a fireĭenise’s paintings of children – she has two of her own – are utterly unsentimental. ![]()
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