Marilyn, It’s My Party Chuka Susan Chesney
Acrylic and Watercolor 16" x 12" $300 I have painted and drawn around 200 Marilyn Monroe portraits. This one is painted with gouache, water soluble pencil, watercolor, pen and ink, ink wash, and Prismacolor. I think the grayish-green washes look like tears or puddles of rain while the outer bright colors look festive. This piece shows how there can be a contrast between a person’s outer world and their inner thoughts and feelings. My paintings of Marilyn are inspired by a photograph Bert Stern took of her at the Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows three weeks before she died. Marilyn’s facial expression and posture are sad looking in the photograph, but she is surrounded by luxury and comfort.
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