Circus Dreams, The Artist's Eye3/15/2013 This new piece of work was built on the portrait I painted last week of a model wearing striped leggings, a short miniskirt, and a tank top. I posted her in the last blog entry so you would see just the beginning of an idea. As I painted, I began to see her as a past acrobat in a circus, or a clown, perhaps. All this week I couldn't shake this image in my head of how she kept returning to dreams of her past life. As I began to explore the idea, I realized how many artists had painted circus themes, some from reality, some from imagination. Then, they too, became part of the images floating in my head, It consumed me as I went about exploring imagery that might become a part of her imagined past. Below are some of the details I included in the painting. I loved the involvement with works of great Master's of the past, and I was driven by the need to incorporate them seamlessly into my own painting. SEE BELOW. Click on each to see them enlarged for detail.
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Cis
3/16/2013 01:19:49 am
Karen, this art work is wonderful! I loved seeing the great collage work done for the background. Thanks for posting :)
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3/16/2013 06:16:06 am
Thanks for your constant support, Cis. I hoped you would enjoy seeing those details. I thought many people wouldn't recognize the sources of those images.
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