Portraits by
Cassandra Gordon-Harris
by
(done live during one three hour session in her art class Spring,
2001.
It is very
colorful because she is an artist. Her eyes are so dark
because they had a
certain gloominess to them, but I added rays
of hope. I did a psychedelic background as she was once kind of a hippie with flaming red
hair.)
(photo of my art teacher,
paintings see her website
Notice that she
likes red hair and also ashen colors for skin,
and long skinny limbs in poses that cry out
for help.
I think she is
kind of autobiographical . She started as a surrealistic
painter
from
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The idea here is to make her look happy
and sweet and show off the new outfit I bought her.
Do you notice any similarity to
with the hands and shirt being the same
tonal values. We discussed
They
are background to the stronger color regions. Notice how the strong red
balances the black of the skirt.
This is also a
Tina and Me at Vince’s Graduation, 2005
(She is wearing the same shirt here)
Photo of some of the other girls I sketched on
my trip. Notice the braided hair styles.
Portraits available by special
commission