Good Bones (2026) Original Oil Painting by Lola Jovan

Good Bones
oil on cradled wood panel
18 x 24 x 1.5 inches
This item is unframed but ready to hang.

​Life is short, though I keep this from my children.
Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine
in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,
a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways
I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least
fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative
estimate, though I keep this from my children.
For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.
For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,
sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world
is at least half terrible, and for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.
- MAGGIE SMITH

​This piece is unframed. It will be carefully packaged in mostly repurposed shipping materials. Customs fees and duties are the responsibility of the recipient.
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This item is an original work of art. Copyright owned by Lola Jovan.

Materials used:

oil on cradled wood panel

Details:

• Oil painting on Panel / Board / MDF
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 45.72 x 60.96 x 3.81cm (unframed) / 45.72 x 60.96cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Organic
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative