Sassy Summer

Sassy Summer turns toward the viewer with a poised, knowing confidence. Framed by cat-eye sunglasses, vivid lips, and an over-the-shoulder gaze, the figure feels expressive and self-possessed, as if she is choosing exactly how much of herself to reveal.

Radiant orange, pink, deep red, and blue move through the portrait and surrounding abstraction, creating a sense of heat, movement, and emotional charge. The hearts, butterfly, floral accents, and layered patterns add symbolic texture without softening the figure’s presence. Together, they suggest affection, transformation, beauty, and becoming.

As a contemporary portrait painting, the work explores identity, self-expression, confidence, and the layered nature of feminine presence. The figure becomes more than an image of glamour. She carries agency, intelligence, and the quiet power of being fully seen on her own terms.

Created through layered abstraction, intuitive mark-making, and figurative realism, Sassy Summer reflects Kimberly Brayman’s larger body of psychological portraiture. In this mixed media portrait, bold color and symbolic detail work together to reveal a figure shaped by confidence, complexity, and inner light.

Details
36 x 36 x 1.5 inches
Mixed Media on Canvas