Untitled (Blue Vase with Flowers)

Sybil Gibson

About 1980 - 1985

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Three Girls, Sybil Gibson, tempera and watercolor on brown paper
Three figures in the composition are shown standing and dressed in blue jumpsuits, presumably they are prisoners. Pieces of a white rectangular board are hung around the necks of two figures, whose faces are turned to the left. The figure, whose face is turned right, holds the same board with their left hand and stands by a hole. A lock with three keyholes is at the top-left corner.
The black canvas is painted with three brushes in the colors of the rainbow. From top to bottom, the first brushstroke is red to yellow, the second brushstroke is yellow to green, and the third is green to blue. There are dots scattered on the surface of the canvas, which is framed by a denim-wrapped frame.
This is a hexagonal painting on wood. The border is white, pink, and red. The central figure’s face is covered with a yellow, blue, and red patterned cloth. They are holding a brown patterned orb above their head, and they have a ring on their left hand. The figure also wears a white necklace with triangular shapes and a longer necklace with a turquoise stone in the middle. Their arms are translucent and outlined in a bright blue. The background is dark blue, and it gets lighter towards the bottom.