JOHN HENRY FOLLEY
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'Geisha Doll'

20 inches x 16 inches
oil on canvas
​framed

$3200


This is a painting for a collector with a bold sense of stye and color -- or with a room needing a bold flash of style and color! 

The geisha doll is posed in such a way as to suggest that she is almost walking away from a scene of intense, busy, and contrasting colors and shapes, and yet her beauty is also framed and offset by these surroundings. The cascade of fabric behind her and the spill of marbles at her feet can strike the viewer as an arrangement which, perhaps, does not trouble her vanity -- with a bright flower by her head and a striking bunch of berries in her hand, maybe she's the kind of lady who likes to cause a bit of a stir! But her demure pose, as if exclaiming, 'well I never!' can keep the viewer guessing. Gilbert & Sullivan's aria ​The Moon and I​ comes to mind...

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  • Fine Art
    • Still Life
    • Portraiture
    • Commissions
  • Beauty Advocacy
  • Live Painting
    • Weddings
    • Wedding Portraits
    • Other Events
    • F. A. Q.
    • Painting Demonstrations
  • Study with John
  • About
    • Contact
    • Artist Statement