Another Kind of Love by Jack Vettriano

Combining fashion passion with sentimental ambiguity, this original composition presents a poetic tribute to haute couture. Bearing the title “Another Kind of Love”, this remarkable painting signed by Jack Vettriano shows an elegant woman caressing a tailor dummy’s collar. The author plays on the boundary between dream and reality inside a muted fitting studio.

A young woman dressed in an elegant magenta red suit leans tenderly toward the torso of a studio mannequin wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie. Her gloved hands brush the dark garment’s lapels as if touching a living being. Her profile face with fair skin and painted lips expresses touching romantic devotion. Behind the mannequin stands a large wrought-iron candelabra carrying three unlit candles before a dark ocher wall. In the lower right corner, a small framed painting rests on the floor. Warm light coming from the left illuminates the jacket’s magenta fabric.

The craftsmanship of Jack Vettriano shines in rendering tuxedo fabric silkiness and red jacket radiance. His rigorous pictorial technique gives this mysterious scene lasting graphic elegance and poetic charm.