Modern and Contemporary Art Contemporary Art Peyton, Elizabeth The Friend. 2024. Etching and Vernis Mou on Velin. 25 x 20 cm (40.5 x 31 cm). A magnificent, atmospheric print, partly grainy, with a wide margin. Published by the Ateliers d’art de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris. Here, Peyton varies the colour palette between delicate, pastel and light violet shades. The result is a delicate yet powerful colour palette which graphically emphasises the strength of the facial features and a depth in the composition, whilst conveying painterly qualities enhanced by the soft-ground etching technique. This lends the entire figurative composition a high degree of graphic sensitivity. Etching and vernis mou on wove paper. A splendid, atmospheric, partly grainy print with wide margins. Peyton gradates the colour palette here between soft, pastel and light violet. The result is a subtle yet powerful colour palette that graphically emphasises the strength of the facial features and the depth of the composition, whilst conveying painterly qualities reinforced by the soft-ground etching. This lends the entire figurative work a high degree of graphic sensitivity.