Item Details

Owned By

Georgia Oliver

Created By

Daniel de Saint-Yon

Portrait of Ponko Honda ( 本 多 ポ ン 子 ), my last love in Nishiwaki, who was a perfect model for me alternately with Otomè Efira during 4 years. “Both are young and fresh on the most beautiful day of their youth. Otomè is 25 years old and Ponko 24. Both are healthy, at the peak of their beauty, but the nude is better with Ponko. The flesh of my young mistress is more muscular, more tense, with more volume and blood in the muscle. Naked all the more disturbing as she doesn’t pay attention to it”. In this painting, I sought to capture the vulnerability and complexity of human emotion. The choice of a subtle palette highlights the freshness and sincerity of the subject, while her contemplative expression invites introspective reflection. It is an invitation to recognise the ephemeral beauty of moments of tranquility in our hectic lives, to fix, redeem and celebrate these moments with a touch of serenity and emotional depth..