A good place to be

Visual Description

Three women stand side by side and look straight out of the picture. Each wears her own headpiece: a braided band with a small bird’s nest, a hat with a painted rooster, a checkered cap with strings of pearls. Patterned garments in yellow, pink and sky blue merge with a light-filled background of orange, yellow and gray, across which birds fly.

Artistic Interpretation

The title says it all: the picture describes not a geographical place but an inner one. The three figures are different and yet connected—by closeness, bearing and the warm light that surrounds them. The bird’s nest on the head of the figure on the left becomes a quiet symbol of security and new beginnings.

Art-Historical Context

Graf combines the tradition of the group portrait with the joy of color of Fauvism. Flat, luminous spaces of color and ornamental fabric patterns recall Matisse, while the frontal, icon-like presence of the figures recalls folk art and traditional costume portraits. The result is a contemporary visual language about community.

Exclusivity

A large, square one-of-a-kind work built up from glazed and opaque layers of acrylic. The precisely drawn faces stand in appealing contrast to the free, gestural background. The narrative details—nest, rooster, strings of pearls—reward a second and third look.

Collector Value

A work with a positive, welcoming presence for spaces where people come together: reception areas, hotels, practices, living and dining rooms. The square format (100 × 100 cm) acts as a calm focal point on a wall and connects with Graf’s group of works “Gesichter & Geschichten” (Faces & Stories).

More About the Artist

Christine Graf is a contemporary painter who combines classical techniques with modern expressiveness; her portraits, abstract and surreal works draw their strength from intense color and an unmistakable coloristic signature.

Internationally present since the 1990s and represented in collections, she is one of the distinctive voices in contemporary painting.

Condition Report

Original from the artist’s studio, signed lower right. A detailed condition report with close-up photos is available on request before purchase.