PRE ORDER Clown Madonna by Kushana Bush - The Dowse Art Museum x Lettuce Puzzle

Exclusive pre-order

Be a piece of the puzzle and support the acquisition of this extraordinary painting for The Dowse Art Museum collection. Every purchase goes entirely towards our fundraising for this incredible work.

Clown Madonna and Child, 2024  

Renowned for her jewel-like gouache paintings of vivid worlds. Bush reimagines the classic Madonna and Child donning yellow dishwashing gloves and clown makeup within an enigmatic landscape—a richly layered vision of motherhood that is at once tender, surreal, and faintly unhinged. 

As Senior Curator Chelsea Nichols gushes, "I fell in love with this painting the moment I first saw it. It is exactly the kind of artwork we hope to collect at The Dowse: deeply intelligent, unexpectedly funny, and fizzing with strange beauty." 

The amazing team at Lettuce have worked with The Dowse and the super duper amazingly talented artist Kushana Bush to create this gorgeous, limited-edition puzzle.

1000 piece (65 x 52 cm completed)
Puzzle pieces have their very own fabric bag. 
Made with soy-based ink on recycled and sustainably grown timber card. 

Please note: This item will be shipped when available expected in September 2026.