A place for things I found…
These things are neat!
Only 35 days till I leave for Japan! I’m making some final plans, getting things lined up and ready to go. There’s a lot more information available online for trip planning in Japan than there was, even in 2010, especially in the area of figuring out costs. With the exchange rate hovering at about 77 yen/dollar (effectively 70 yen, depending on where you exchange it), it’s going to be more important than ever to save money. (
Okay, this is way too good, I think I might have seen this video before. Â Two cats, one game, one hilarious “conversation.” Â Something to lighten up your “Caturday”…
Well, sadly this is the end of the good paintings I did, I’ll probably post the not so good ones eventually. Â This is from a “Black Velvet Whisky” ad from 1983, and although she’s very familiar, I just can’t remember her name.
Once again I delve into the vaults and retrieve a painting I made back in a time when Reagan was president, and this woman was on two TV shows at once! Â Continue reading “My Paintings: Heather Locklear”
Well, this one takes me back, this painting is the very first one I ever did of a real person, Pam Dawber of “Mork and Mindy” fame. Â I had a serious crush on her in college, and when I saw the TV Guide cover with this photo on it, I had to try to copy it.
A very cute and sexy French singer named Alizee Jacotey sings a song about being “fed up” with a lot of things, called “J’en ai marre”. Which apparently means “I’m Fed Up.”  I don’t know if the translation is right, and really, does it matter? ^__^
Continue reading “Wow, I wish all complainers looked this good…”
This is a photo of a painting I did of Priscilla Presley, the wife of Elvis Presley. (He was famous once, kids, Google it! ^_^) This is one of the last paintings I did before a long hiatus (20 years!), but unfortunately I seem to have slipped into another painting hiatus.
Continue reading “My Paintings: Priscilla Presley”
Here is another of the paintings I made when I was in college, many many (so many!) years ago. Â This one is also acrylic on canvas, and like all the others (which you haven’t seen yet, unless you went to my DeviantArt page!) it’s based on a photograph of Lynda Carter I saw in a TV Guide from about 1982.
What I really like about this picture is that it’s one of the very few from the time where she’s photographed while not wearing her “Wonder Woman” costume!  I have to admit I was never much of a fan of her “Wonder Woman” TV show, but I surely was a big fan of Ms. Carter!  Besides her obvious characteristics (Sexism alert! ^__^), what really drew me to this photo and to the actress herself was her eyes.  They say that “the eyes are the mirror of the soul,” but all I know is I had no trouble gazing into those beautiful eyes for hours, desparately trying to capture in pigment their appearance, their depth.  I don’t know if I did her justice, but I gave it my best shot!  My hat’s off to the anonymous (or at least uncredited) photographer for catching on film a fantastic pose, and wonderful expression.
Here is the picture, if you want to comment on it, please be kind! Â ^_^
Enjoy!
