David Rankin 'Lily in Lodz III' flora The artist once reflected that

The artist once reflected that flowers:

This fine archival quality print is hand signed by the artist and a limited edition of just 50

Orpheus turns to share the moment with his love

Signed: Bears facsimile signature in print lower centre: Romano Stefanelli

Dimensions: 78 x 65 cm

David Rankin 'Lily in Lodz III' flora The artist once reflected thatThis expansive, poetic portrait is of the writer and artists wife Lily Brett. The Lodz to which the work refers, is located seventy five miles southeast of Warsaw, Poland. It formed the second largest Jewish community in prewar Poland. In 1940, the Germans established a cramped ghetto in the city, in which 160,000 Jews were forced to live. Brett is the descendant of Holocaust survivors. Thus this work, standing at a metre tall and flushed with pale