This painting started with a full page ad in the NY Times that featured this tall sleek haired blonde in a gorgeous lacy pink dress that I thought could draw and then paint. I just couldn't get the skirt to flow, or the face and hair...nothing was turning out as I intended. Then I used an ink pen and tried to fix it or add to it. I added some pink to it...and then, walked away from it. The girl in my drawing peeked out at me looking very goth and dark. This is so not what I do, not what I paint. I paint pretty Regency Clad ladies who are caught in a time period that they have very little control, or voice but looked beautiful in the process with inner strength shining through. Meanwhile, I attacked the painting again, tired of striving for perfection and rolled with the more abstract edigier look and went with it. Thus, far from my original NY Times ad inspiration became "Bittersweet 16 Girl." I submitted this to HitRECord as an image for collaboration.
It illicits the question, "What's the story?" That, is what I often strive for...but the story is in the eyes of the beholder. Each person that looks at this could come up with a different story and it will be perfect. So, readers, "What is the Story?"
Something bittersweet.....I bet.
