A Friend in Tweed

I promised painting.
And I promised fashion.

Well, since the two are not mutually exclusive in my book, I inject my enthusiasm for duds and for the industry into my paintings.
How do I do this?

With an odious aggressive amount of glitter.
And cosmetics.
And fibers.
And gloss.
And reading (huh?).
And clippings.
And
You get the idea.

My paintings are material heavy, which just means they have a lot of shiny and sometimes gross shit on them (you can read a little ditty about them right here). I select colors right out of the pages I so often peruse.
Those little ladies gracing the top of my page? Well they are the result of how I mash these things up into a mess to make an image.

The result: 

A Friend in Tweed. 2011 Acrylic, Glitter, Gouache, Pigment, Mascara, Flock and Charcoal on Canvas

The process:

My image source...

The lovely Irina Lazareanu in Marie Claire.

I just fell in love with this spread. The styling was ballin' and the images are stunning. I also love the rawr factor that Ms. Lazareanu exudes. 

And...my color source.

Carey Mulligan in Vogue back in October.

So, 

1 darling + an odious amount of materials = 1 abstracted ass figure (aka my Friend in Tweed)

Cheers all.