I met this model about 10 years ago, while I was a student at The Atelier School of Fine Arts in Minneapolis and serving a two-year stint as model coordinator. She walked into the interview, and I said, “You’re hired.”
I have since painted her 8-10 times, and with strength being the common denominator. In one painting, for instance, she confronts a roaring lion – on equal terms – both she and the lion ferocious and fearless. In this portrait, her image encases a combination of force, focus, and beauty that is almost overwhelming.
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