This is a self portrait, in the same doorway as “profile”. I added the orange light after the shot, feeling that somehow it should have been there all along.
love what you have done with the color. great framing. a familiar feeling, something about this image that i really like, haven’t quite pinpointed it, yet
well, it’s taken me long enough to get back to you, lol. somewhere in the mid-sixties (yes, i was around back then and even a decade before but, will skip that part-hahaha), i started to become very aware of style, art and the human expression. at the time, i didn’t give much thought as to how the three were interwoven with each other, i just knew that it sparked something very creative and perhaps emotionally within me. at ten years old, didn’t really care much about an explanation, i just loved the feeling, the desire to be in it. During this time, every week, my aunt would take me on journeys to beauty salons within the downtown Los Angeles area. While she spent what seemed like hours on a chair and underneath the huge space helmets getting her perm or whatever, i would sit and watch all these women, talking and wearing dresses with such cool patterns and colors. as they would come over to me and talk, i became quite infatuated with many of them. what i realized many years later is that my infatuation back then has evolved into a love of art, color and style that is apparent in some of my work today. even more so, when i see another artist’s work, such as yours, it stops me in my tracks and it seems to take me back to when my creativity was still fresh and innocent. back then, it seemed that women paid no attention to the fact that they would do their make up and get dressed in the presence of a young child…me. my aunt was also doing water color renderings for womens fashion and would always ask for my opinion and suggestions. it was a marvelous era and, being that my aunt was dating a Los Angeles radio disjockey, i had the oportunity to attend many events and see all the latest fashions. along with all this, i also started becoming aware of the sensuality that can be expressed in so many different ways. i suppose that now days, sex is exploited to the point where it sometimes bypasses the sensuality. almost as if the innocence is no longer there and, i feel, that it’s the innocence that allows one to be aware of the true beauty. so, have i figured it out? well, lets just say that your work, as with this image, has everything that i saw and felt as i became aware of the creativity within me and the desire to see the creativity of others. to me, this image is powerful and yes, perhaps in a soft way, and definitely in a way that allows one to see the true beauty of yourself, as the subject and of your talent as an artist. well, i have once again managed to blab, blab, blab. look forward to seeing more of your work :)
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love what you have done with the color.
great framing.
a familiar feeling, something about this image that i really like, haven’t quite pinpointed it, yet
thank you, let me know if you figure it out. :)
– Bekah Driscoll
well, it’s taken me long enough to get back to you, lol.
somewhere in the mid-sixties (yes, i was around back then and even a decade before but, will skip that part-hahaha), i started to become very aware of style, art and the human expression. at the time, i didn’t give much thought as to how the three were interwoven with each other, i just knew that it sparked something very creative and perhaps emotionally within me. at ten years old, didn’t really care much about an explanation, i just loved the feeling, the desire to be in it.
During this time, every week, my aunt would take me on journeys to beauty salons within the downtown Los Angeles area. While she spent what seemed like hours on a chair and underneath the huge space helmets getting her perm or whatever, i would sit and watch all these women, talking and wearing dresses with such cool patterns and colors. as they would come over to me and talk, i became quite infatuated with many of them. what i realized many years later is that my infatuation back then has evolved into a love of art, color and style that is apparent in some of my work today. even more so, when i see another artist’s work, such as yours, it stops me in my tracks and it seems to take me back to when my creativity was still fresh and innocent. back then, it seemed that women paid no attention to the fact that they would do their make up and get dressed in the presence of a young child…me. my aunt was also doing water color renderings for womens fashion and would always ask for my opinion and suggestions. it was a marvelous era and, being that my aunt was dating a Los Angeles radio disjockey, i had the oportunity to attend many events and see all the latest fashions. along with all this, i also started becoming aware of the sensuality that can be expressed in so many different ways.
i suppose that now days, sex is exploited to the point where it sometimes bypasses the sensuality. almost as if the innocence is no longer there and, i feel, that it’s the innocence that allows one to be aware of the true beauty.
so, have i figured it out? well, lets just say that your work, as with this image, has everything that i saw and felt as i became aware of the creativity within me and the desire to see the creativity of others. to me, this image is powerful and yes, perhaps in a soft way, and definitely in a way that allows one to see the true beauty of yourself, as the subject and of your talent as an artist.
well, i have once again managed to blab, blab, blab.
look forward to seeing more of your work :)