Mozart's Mistress

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Sharon

Perhaps over-the-topness is the great temptation of this painting idea, not the thing to be wary of. Perhaps you should put down more fully the garish and cacophonous quality of the colours that seems to be tugging at your art-strings. She is, after all, named "Mozart's Mistress", which suggests she has secret and less socially acceptable emotions and maybe mirroring the way you might want to go with your work - wanting to fly in the face of accepted portraiture, or your image of yourself as an established and acclaimed portrait artist. You mentioned you have no shame with using colour, so enjoy your wanton colourist self! Focus on it! The barbie-doll idea could, like Alexandra said, be a really exciting theme, and you definitely have the intelligence to see it through.

Thomasin

[Tom Edgerton]

Sharon--

Great!

The whole piece is an exercise in shucking off the "shouldn'ts...with the lighting, the saturation, the wild costumery, all of it. I'm with everyone else--it would be great full-size too.

I always admire your fortitude--guts, that is.

[Heidi Maiers]

A fine example of the bold and the beautiful. I am particularly drawn to that lovely face. Did you use a live model for this ideal beauty?

[Chris Saper]

This makes me very energized to be taking your class this spring!

[Michele Rushworth]

A portrait and a candy shop all rolled into one. Delicious!