Thursday, January 6, 2011

A work in progress...continued

My inspiration for this painting is a photo (see it in the background) from one of my favorite web places www.pbase.com/silvano  
You can see the actual full color photgraph at www.pbase.com/silvano/image/56804919
A great big hug and thank you to Silvano Candeo for granting me permission to use his photo in the above snapshot.

8 comments:

California Girl said...

exotic, even a bit disturbing. is it a mask? is she tatooed? is she like phantom of the opera? what is she hiding? is it even a she? those eyes are furtive. nice work

Cheryl Mellema said...

California Girl - thank you for the comment! I can not take credit I was using a photo I found online. I highly reccomend visiting this website www.pbase.com/silvano/profile

Lee Pierce said...

I like it! Love a little mystery - who is behind that mask?

Laura Trevey said...

Love this ~~

xo Laura

Cheryl Mellema said...

Thanks everyone! You all ROCK! I've got about 1/3 of the details done today...it's almost there. I can't wait!

Anonymous said...

We're all dying for an update Mom! Don't leave your fans hanging! Xoxo

Laurie Linn said...

This is beautiful - The eyes definitely pull you in. Thanks for your comments on my blog. I will visit you frequently and we can commisserate on our art endeavors!

Cheryl Mellema said...

ABSOLUTELY...I am finding a lot of wonderful artful people through this - my first little blog. I wish I'd started one a long time ago!