Charles Mahoney:
Woodburner with Cosmos in a vase
Framed (ref: 408)

Oil on paper

Tags: Charles Mahoney oil flowers interiors 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST

Provenance: The Artist's Estate

Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.79.

In a black wooden and gilded frame.

Studios were frequently unheated – other than by open fire grates of wood burners. These motifs occur with surprising frequency in artists compositions.  The painting of flames  and ashes, both as a technical challenge, and for their obvious narrative potential, offered an add attraction for artists.