This is a painting of my friend Jammie, she is a muslim and an incredibly beautiful person not only in character but also visually. I was interested to paint her from her wedding photographs because Jammie had an arranged wedding in Bangladesh and we her friends were very worried about her, because we had no idea that she would be married.
However her husband and herself had courted and got to know each other over a period of three years and Jammie felt comfortable and happy to marry this man.
What I am fascinated about this image is because Jammie is someone who is very vibrant and happy, smiley person and in her wedding pictures Jammie has followed tradition of her culture which is to be sombre and averted her eyes from the camera. For me this was very interesting because she is wearing mask disguising who she really is.
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