Craig Alan | Little Blue Box II Graffiti Art Carefree Summer's Day is Valentine

Carefree Summer's Day is Valentine Daines at her most directly celebratory — a painting about the specific quality of a summer day when nothing is required of you

The heart formed from things that live only briefly is either a comfort or a provocation

rendered here from the bodies of those same millions

Original acrylic painting

Craig Alan | Little Blue Box II Graffiti Art Carefree Summer's Day is ValentineCraig Alan Little Blue Box II Original Populus series The little blue box is one of the most powerful brand objects in the world a colour so specific it has been trademarked, a package so associated with luxury and desire that it has become a subject for painters, photographers, and cultural commentators. Craig Alan brings it into the Populus universe, building the image from hundreds of hand painted miniature figures who, at distance, resolve into