My sixth year painting in the Denver La Piazza del'Arte Festival I chose to paint an image from my new series, Avant Garde. Following 'Spellbound' in Santa Barbara, I was excited to paint another original. I'm happy I took this pic of the eyes on the first day of painting. It rained Saturday night and though the painting was saved by my shade tent, a stream of water ran through right through the eyes making it look like she was wearing a masquerade mask. The effect was really quite provocative until it dried ;)
The collar is my favorite part of this painting. It was one of those things I was worried about doing but had the best time creating it when the time came. It is really simple to do but the result is very intricate.
