"Little Girl in a Red Skirt" - This is a painting I created by referencing a tiny old black and white family photograph that I inherited after my mom passed away. I think it's one of my sisters. It looks more like Nancy to me. In any case there is something sort of menacing about the approach of this little girl with no one else in sight, like a mini monster from a possessed doll movie. I think it works as a painting because of the composition and perspective, and my attempted portrayal of the bright mid-day sunshine. I was inspired to try this style of painting after coming across the paintings of the awesome Toronto contemporary realist painter Karen Visser: http://www.karenv.ca
18"x24" Acrylic on Canvas
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