Monday, December 30, 2013

People as Other People

I've been painting family members for a series of works based on classical artwork by others.  It's been fun!  Here's what I've got so far:

Myself as Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
My son as a random Pirate
My niece as Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"  (the Mona Nisa)
Another niece as Edouard Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere"
Niece number 3 as George Romney's "Lady Hamilton"
Yet another niece as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's "Jane Avril"
Nephew and girlfriend as Grant Wood's "American Gothic"
Son as Maurice Quentin de la Tour's "portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" (favorite philosopher of said son)
Have many more to go, but thought I'd share progress so far.  These are all watercolors with ink or pencil, roughly 8" x 10".  Hope the original artists aren't spinning in their graves!