A Woman’s Face Is Always Good [Print + Wallpaper]

Carolyn Ridsdale

A Woman’s Face Is Always Good [Print + Wallpaper]

From $1,800.00 AUD

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Frame

Glass Type [applies to framed options only]

Available as fine art Giclée Print, Canvas Print and Wallpaper

Prints in editions of 30 - available as extra large Giclée or Canvas Print

Note: Giclée prints available in standard frames only, Canvas prints available in Float frames only

This multi-layered collage portrait, built from torn fragments of old master prints, illuminated manuscripts, gold leaf and hand-painted papers glows in bronze, bruised yellow and flushed pink.
At it’s centre is a serene yet commanding woman holding a hooded peregrine falcon amid a stylised, almost heraldic forest.

In medieval and Renaissance Europe, falconry was one of the rare forms of hunting permitted to noblewomen. It was a living symbol of wealth, precision and restrained power in a world that offered them little else. Here the bird on her gloved wrist becomes an emblem of a femininity that has always been adored, armoured and underestimated.

The seemingly gentle title “A Woman’s Face is Always Good” is quietly reclaimed. Her face is good because it is formidable, because it looks straight back at us, because it still hold the falcon.

READ ABOUT ARTIST

For unframed works, please selected any glass type to complete your order.

Note: works printed on paper are only available in standard frames and canvas works are only available in float frames (except where otherwise stated).

For custom frame orders outside of available options, please contact via contact submission form.

Works are available for free pick up from our Framing partners in North-West Sydney, or available for delivery to Greater Sydney based on a flat fee basis. For works less than 1m² delivery is $50, and for works larger than 1m², delivery is $150. Please contact us for delivery options outside of Greater Sydney to receive a custom quote.

Carolyn Ridsdale is an award-winning artist who creates mixed media collages of breath-taking detail. Her works are a whimsical call to adventure and a celebration of life, while never forgetting its attendant shadows. She weaves together historic and contemporary material, juxtaposing visual references with wit and insight that can be contemplated and appreciated by the viewer repeatedly.

Ridsdale finds inspiration in mankind’s deepest myths and cultural expressions from Ancient Greek sculpture to Persian carpets to the flash of today’s celebrity culture, and in the beauty of the natural world, from the oceans to the forests and the human form.

She has a degree in English Literature from Curtin University where her artistic journey began. Her unique visual style has evolved from the written word via theatre design, graphic design and underground comics, but her love of strong narrative themes remains evident throughout her body of work.

Ridsdale spent twenty years living and working in London and Amsterdam before returning home to Sydney in 2008 to raise her family. However, her work remains in high demand across Europe.

PACKING / Delivery

All our orders are carefully hand packed. We hand deliver each peice, and can assist with hanging if required.