Nadia Lassman
Nadia Lassman’s Happy Together is a soft, lyrical water-lily painting centred on a pair of blossoms floating side by side on a pale reflective pond. A pink lily and a white lily sit close together among green lily pads, giving the work a gentle sense of companionship that suits the title.
The composition is open and peaceful, with much of the painting devoted to misty water in pale lavender, soft grey, cream and faint blue tones. Lassman keeps the background quiet and uncluttered, allowing the two central flowers to become the emotional focus. The lily pads drift diagonally across the surface, leading the eye from the upper left toward the lower right.
The brushwork is loose and impressionistic rather than tightly botanical. The pink blossom is built from warm rose, coral and pale yellow touches, while the white lily glows with creamy highlights and soft shadows. The surrounding pads are painted in fresh greens with delicate dark outlines, suggesting their floating forms without over-defining them.
Happy Together has a calm, affectionate mood. It feels like a quiet moment on a still pond, where light, water and flowers merge into a delicate, harmonious scene.
Provenance
- signed, titled and dated on reverse- direct from artist