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Tuesday 10 August 2010

London Girl (born in Djibouti)























(Above) London Girl (born in Djibouti)
13.5cm x 16cm
Mixed water based media on 100% cotton rag, acid-free paper
August 2010

This painting started as a study after a photograph of a friend. I hesitate to call it a portrait as I'm not sure that the likeness is there. However, as Marie Laurencin demonstrated with her Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel (see below), the lack of likeness with the sitter doesn't necessarily mean an unsucessful painting (and vice versa of course). Regards London Girl, I wanted to produce a painting that said something about my friend's style, which to me speaks of contemporary, multi-cultural London.
(Below) Portrait of Mademoiselle Chanel by Marie Laurencin (1923)
Chanel turned the portrait down saying it didn't look like her.