Desmond and Molly - Hand Embellished Print

“Desmond and Molly”  12" X 16" X 1" Hand embellished print on fine art paper laminated to a wood panel. Framed and ready to hang. All in this collection have a limited edition of 10.

“Desmond has his barrow in the marketplace, Molly is the singer in a band.” - The Beatles

I invite you to step into the quiet tension of "Desmond and Molly," where two faces meet across a divide both real and imagined. Their profiles, rendered in geometric planes of bold color and sharp angles, hold a deliberate stillness—one cloaked in muted earth tones and the other alive with warmer hues and bright red lips.

Between them, a sky punctuated by a lone cloud stretches, shadowed by figures and a dog, hints of a deeper story unfolding beyond the visible. This piece unfolds as an exploration of identity in collision with environment, a space where abstraction converges with fleeting moments of realism. Named after figures from a Beatles song, it invites reflection on connection, contrast, and the unseen ties that bind us within facades both built and worn.

This piece continues my exploration of “Faces and Facades”, a series of hand-embellished prints, where people and places mingle in whispered tension, and where each element holds a quiet enigma, waiting to be uncovered. Here the ordinary folds into the mystical, and the architectural becomes a vessel for unseen narratives, all named after characters from songs by The Beatles

The image is printed on museum quality archival paper and highlighted with acrylic paint and ink. It is then laminated to a cradled wood panel, varnished, waxed and framed in a black wood floater frame. 

About the Artist

Frank Trocino is a retired architect turned painter currently residing in Santa Fe New Mexico. His path to Santa Fe began in New York, then to Oregon as a young child through College. From there he lived in Italy, Los Angeles, the Middle East, Portland, and Austin. Franks work can be seen in galleries, hotels, and the homes of private collectors internationally. He is a mixed media artist using acrylic paint, ink and collage and his subject matter is primarily couples and buildings.