Kelsey

"Kelsey" This is my friend Rob's daughter. He had this photo as the wallpaper on his computer and the moment I saw her I wanted to paint her! It took me about a week to ask him, "Would you mind if I painted your daughter? I promise I won't make her naked!" He immediately emailed me the photo with the tongue-in-cheek warning, "Remember, she's only 16." When Kelsey the Human saw Kelsey the Painting her jaw dropped and eyes widened and she said, "Oh my gosh, it's ME!" Which is a pretty awesome compliment, I must say!

Liani

"Liani" This is a tribute to a century old painting by Amedeo Modigliani. He was one of those crazy artists who was brilliant, slightly ahead of his time, never sold anything, and died young and impoverished. Now that he's quite dead his paintings are in museums and fetch a fortune at auctions. Aaaah, the glamorous life of an artist!

Good Morning

"Good Morning" I hate to play favorites but, this is one of my favorites! Partly because she was just so much fun to paint, and partly because she's got an incredible sexiness with a dash of virtuosity. She's also about twice the size of most of my paintings - it was very liberating having so much space to work with! (Donate to a worthy cause: send me large canvases!) The title is a rather blatant double entendre: Good morning because she just woke up? Or has she been up awhile and it's been a good morning *wink wink nudge nudge*? The hair-do could go both ways...

Beachy

"Beachy" It was the dead of winter and, being Washington, it had been raining for the biblical forty days and forty nights. I was ready for some sun. My pesky bank account wouldn't allow me to go on vacation so I had to get to the beach the only way I could: paint it!

It's Time

"It's Time" is another painted in reverse on glass. This technique looks so cool in person but photos just do NOT do them justice! For example, the window on her cheek is not part of the piece... in case you couldn't tell. This is from a photo of Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. I was in desperate need of a haircut and so was she, hence the title. "It's Time" for a bloody haircut!

She Found It Puzzling

"She Found It Puzzling" Some days are like that... *sigh*

Oh, Do Tell!

"Oh, Do Tell!" I've said it before, and I'll probably say it again: I love the 1920s. What's the perfect thing to wear over your bobbed hair? Why a cloche hat, of course! People just do not wear enough hats these days. (I refuse to acknowledge baseball or stocking caps as true hat wearing!) I had done several sketches from old photos and liked how these two went together somewhat conspiratorially. I get the feeling they are gossiping - perhaps about an unfashionable woman without a cloche hat!