"Evelyn Enticing"

Number 10 Of 10 In The Series Of Artworks. Influenced by the 1920's Glamour Photography.
Always loved the 20's & 30's Fashions. I also Love Using Greys And Find It Adds Depth To My Paintings.
"Evelyn Enticing, is No, 10/10 in a series I have undertaken.
My Photographic Award Winning Mother was an absolute fan of Monochrome work and spent many a time perfecting her Craft with her enthusiasm of this brushing off on me.

I Often searched through old black and white photographs and loved the effects Colour can't produce. On coming across some original 1920's Glamour series of pictures on the web, I liked the Models one in particular captivated me with her beauty of some 98 years ago.
Enough to want to put her to canvas.
I also selected Evelyn as a name from a search of popular names from that time period.

I placed my own choice of background and props into the work while through the series I have undertaken to have the Models look to be the one Lady.
Changing hair styles and colour to match and also facial features. Then adding or omitting jewellery as I saw fit to keep the continuity in all the Paintings. All Props I have used are from that time period to keep in fitting with the 20's.
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My Love for art began as far back as i can remember. I had an art teacher in Primary who encouraged us in a way that kept the spark alive and had inspirational teachers throughout my school life. Always a Doodler and always wanted to sketch anything that took my fancy.
I had my first work shown in Public at 12 years of age with an abstract piece.
Entering work and an apprenticeship I shelved my art for a while and dabbled in it over the years. I studied with an Artist called John Kelly who help me with Brush technique , I later meet a Fellow Artist ,Clayton Mansfield who I became friends with with our mutual love for Surrealism.
We both fascinated with Dali and Escher. The later I took special interest in with the Dutchman's Ability to twist reality and trick the eye. Salvador Intrigued me from a young age with my first ever viewing of a Print from his "Swans Reflecting Elephants" Totally Floored me. I was hooked.
I Studied From Books And Mixing with other Artists to enable me to take the next step up.
Both my Mum and Dad were Keen Photographers who cut their own film and equipped with their own Dark room. Mum was a keen on Monochrome work winning a number of awards in her time. It was Mums love of monochrome that influenced me to do some subjects on Canvas.
I Have a love of flora and fauna so do paint a number of these. Particularly the Big Cats, to which I have had a few commissions along with Landscapes.
So Basically my main work is flora and fauna but love my Monochrome to the point i want to do more when i'm able, adding subtle Surrealism into the work.