Our Other Sarah...

 "Selene Unbound"

(Size: 9x12", Oils on Linen, Framed)   Price: $ 1100.00  SOLD

Well, I hadn't planned on not posting for this long, but time kind of sped past while life got in the way. This small portrait is of our other Sarah, Sarah Perez, fellow artist and willing model back when Illuxcon hosted the Costume Salon and Sketch Lab. I wanted a finite chroma while trying to find my way back into portraiture...my way. I had this idea of painting Sarah in a simple, unfussy array to concentrate on her features and demeanor. This pose came along at the end of the session and was by far the most striking. Taking photographs of models is like making drawing after drawing of a subject until you get in a groove and connect. So, while my initial idea was good, this got better along the way. I call this painting 'Selene Unbound' because it spoke to the cosmos I've continued to paint in my little rocket doodles. Her hands are pulling apart the vibrant hood and stars are releasing like fireflies from it, and questing tendrils gently wrap her forearms. The necklace and bodice of the dress bear moon symbols and the neckband itself, the colours of the Earth, the Moon's companion. Sarah, as my Selene, expresses challenge, expectancy, and promise within her gaze which is more than I could have hoped to create when I first started painting this. Some of the turquoise green has washed out of the vibrant blues in this photo and some of the luminosity out of the skin tones, but it still looks good and I'm rather proud of it. When I was choosing the clothing for Sarah to model for this photoshoot, someone asked me why I added a floor length evening dress to the mix when all I really needed was the featured cape. My answer was: "If Sarah feels beautiful and powerful in these clothes, then that will shine out of her in the photos, and hopefully the subsequent paintings of her."  Personally, I think it has.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Cheers,

Marianne