iconic
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What’s more iconic than Venus?
Birth of Venus is arguably one of the greatest pieces to come out of the Italian Renaissance. Botticelli painted her in the 1480s…peak renaissance. I can’t say I was wildly in love with this Venus as a young artist, I even avoided using it as a study because it’s so wildly anatomically inaccurate…but now I…
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Respected and revered
Frida. Who better than to use as my example of what the ICONIC series was all about? In my gallery blurb I said that each work centres women both as subject and as maker, inviting a reconsideration of how these figures have been seen, remembered, and revered. It was so incredibly easy to paint Frida.…
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Girl with a Pearl Earing
Another wonderful adventure in my Iconic Series, where I interpret truly iconic pieces of art. I enjoyed reading up on the paintings…in some instances new technology had changed what we know about them, and I’m literally CATCHING UP on the news since last time I studied art history! In the case of Vermeer’s painting…in 2014…
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Pink Gentileschi
Have you ever thought about the magical powers that creative folk can harness? Back in the day people associated deep meaning to those that had creative genius. This piece, called “Pink Gentileschi” is an ode to an ode. The figure is the personification of creative ability, the URGE to create rather than creation itself. I…
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Flora
I hold the name Flora very dear to my heart. It’s embodiment of Spring..of Flowers…of all that is blossoming within us and as a story of ours to follow. Follow your heart…don’t let anything that came before you define how you will bloom. I ask of Titan, who painted this woman in many of his…
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My moment with Titan
I wanted a painting challenge so I turned to the old masters. Titan’s “Woman with a Mirror” felt like a perfect fit for me; the subject’s main character energy was erotic and coy, the composition was easy enough to adapt to my needs, and the topic was something I could play with. I wanted to…
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Ode to Michelangelo’s Libyan Sibyl
Nothing pleased me more than remembering the passion I share with Michelangelo for bodies and muscles. As this wonderful character…The Sibyl of the Libyan dessert…daughter with Poseidon and Zeus’s blood running through her….Painting this I felt as if I were sitting alongside the old master…I shared my works of progress with a dear friend of…