Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Drawing Progress (Amy Crehore)

Four Bathers and Two Cats 2015 
Pencil drawing © Amy Crehore



I'm working on some new things. Here's a new pencil drawing. 
This will become a larger oil painting 
and perhaps more. 
I am experimenting with pastel, charcoal and ink.

Meanwhile, if you haven't seen the "ephemeral-Territory of girls" show that I'm in at Jiro Miura Gallery in Tokyo, Japan 
here's a link to all images and 4 wonderful press links:

I have 3 new paintings in the show. Contact info@jiromiuragallery.com 
The show is up thru August 16, 2015 if you are nearby.


(The 3 new paintings are also on my homepage)

Monday, July 27, 2015

One piece bathing suits

I love this vintage photo of actresses Tokugowa Ryouko & Mizuhara Reiko in their swim suits, so 
I pulled out my own snapshots of some suits I used to wear (see below):
Here I am as an adolescent (this suit was red)

 and as a little girl in a blue suit.

There is something about the one-piece style of swim suit that has it all over the two-piece look. And, add a bathing cap and you have an Amy Crehore painting like the one I am showing in Tokyo right now (called The Waiting Room).
I hadn't seen the top photo of the Japanese actresses until the other day 
when my friend Moira Hahn pointed it out (image via thekimonogallery.tmblr.com), but it's right up my alley!