This item is currently for sale. $130 plus S&H matted, $100 plus S&H unmatted. Contact me at anibenchosa@gmail.comAnother of my pin-up series of girls. This one, as well as "Angel" is from A.C. (American Curves); the model is Hannah Owens. There is something about her that struck me - a blend of vulgar innocence. I'm not entirely happy with this picture as I wanted her feet to be a focus but when I did the enlargement I miscalculated. However, I plowed forward because I'm too lazy to erase and recenter the grid. I changed her shoes from the original ones she was wearing to the ones she's wearing; and yes, I will admit to having a bit of a foot fetish. Weird, eh? I should give credit to the photographer too - I just don't know his name. Sorry. [Note: No, this model is not naked.]
The pin-ups are a phase right now - I'm obsessed with portraits and half-naked women which seems to go with the prison experience. I am trying to get back to my comic book roots. In my youth I would spend hours drawing from the old Marvel comic books. It's where I got the "style" of most of my original work; I can't seem to escape the 1970's style of composition. Anyways, I babble. My hair is still deficient and I wish I had the guts to work from beginning to end in charcoal. Right now it is a matter of economics. If I did more salable portraiture work for people in here I could make enough to cover my expenses. I've always resisted selling my work - I feel like an art "whore"! Not to mention the loss of creative control. I don't know where I equated commercialism with prostitution because G.K. (Adoptor) was all about the Benjamins. When it became obvious that my defects in character were going to preclude my being a suitable heir, he would always relate my worth to him in terms of how much I costed to house, clothe, and feed. Unfortunately, I still see my own self worth in those terms.
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