I give you my first painting of 2011, created for the upcoming Good vs. EEEEvil! exhibition at Space 242 (opening Jan. 28)! Unsurprisingly, when I first showed it to my husband he was struck by the unusual-for-me color palette. I'm usually drawn to bright colors, but I wanted this piece to have an antique look to it. I based my palette on sepia-toned photographs that were later colorized, and I'm very happy with the results!I also wanted to mention that her costume was devised while I was watching Easy Virtue. The wardrobe in that movie is to die for!
Don't forget about the giveaway, there's still plenty of time to enter!
This is beautiful, Ellen! (forgive if there is another comment from me above, blogger wouldn't let me see what I was typing! haha!). I love the sepia tone look and the city-scape. It reminds me of a combination of Baroness Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven (you must look her up), the episode of I Love Lucy where Ethel and Lucy get stuck on the edge of the building dressed as aliens, and Little Edie. All wonderful things. :)
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