Two children on a staircase, the older one holding the younger while she sleeps. The painting is built up in layers of oil and acrylic and finished with gold leaf, so the background genuinely catches and shifts the light as you move past it — the glitter of the title is real metal, not paint.

Warm ochres and golds sit against the cool blues and violets of the steps, and the figures are handled with a tenderness that holds the whole piece together. A quiet, human subject at a scale that still commands a wall.

At 30" x 30", it works over a console, in a stairwell, or anywhere a room needs warmth rather than a view. The gold leaf is at its best where it can catch lamplight or a window.

Artwork Details

• Size: 30" x 30"
• Medium: Original mixed media — oil, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
• Subject: Two children, figurative
• Artist: Teresa Grasby
• Location: Grasby Art Cellar, Calgary
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