ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA PORTRAIT | The Candy Girls Series
Candy Girl No.1 is a striking mixed-media portrait that playfully balances elegance with attitude. Combining painted softness with photographic realism, this artwork explores the juxtaposition between fine art and visual texture. Her candy-coloured hair is made from hyper-realistic rubber bands, photographed and layered in dimensional relief — creating a bold contrast with her serene, hand-painted features.
This is the first piece in The Candy Girls, a conceptual sister series that examines modern identity through material and metaphor. Her sibling — yet to be revealed — wears steel wool as hair, bringing a gritty, industrial twist to the theme of beauty and strength.
Candy Girl No.1 is also featured on the Bloupunt Shiraz 2025 wine label, chosen for her vibrant personality and expressive character — much like the wine itself: rich, unexpected, and memorable.
Colourful, confident, and full of symbolic depth, this one-of-a-kind piece invites viewers to question appearances and embrace contrasts.
Artist: MARTIN OSNER
Signed Limited Edition
Medium: Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Paper with 3D Mixed Media
Edition (50)
The print is available in two sizes, including border: Only fifty copies of Candy Girl No.1 for purchase regardless of the size.
- 80cm x 80cm / 31" x 31"
- 110cm x 110cm / 43" x 43"
ABOUT THE ARTIST
On a winter's day in 1984, "photography" and I met quite by accident, an encounter that redirected my life and changed it forever. Over the past twenty-eight years, as I walked a path of self-discovery, my methodology has taken numerous detours. It is a journey that has refined a relaxed subconscious attitude, with a desire to express simplicity and honesty through my work. For me, a photograph holds an undeniable sense of realism, a new correlation that is easy to associate with. I see I understand; I experience, I connect. In my photography, I allow day to day life to inspire ... Read More >>
