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"Wine Girl" and "James-A-Roma" commissioned paintings

This duo of commissioned paintings was inspired by my two older pieces, Solo Venice and Wine Tasting.

These pieces are each 11x14 acrylic on canvas, and were done to resemble the wimsy and likeness of the other two.  The concept of "Solo Venice" was translated into "James-a-Roma" where the customer wanted a wimsical figure to resemble himself in Rome (hence the Colosseum in the background). On a table James wanted an espresso cup with a bowl of sugar cubes, and in his hand a Cohiba cigar (with a pack nearby). Looks like a lovely day in Rome to me!
"Wine Girl" painting resembles the lady from Wine Tasting, only this time she has a neck, and wearing a bright red lipstick which left an imprint on her wine glass! I used images of wine labels that the customer provided (Malbec.... yum). Its been fun to revisit the subject matter of the wimsical figures for this project!

Below is each painting with a couple of progress shots leading up to the finished piece.

"James-A-Roma":

"Wine Girl":

2011 Lakeview East Art festival promotion with "Owls Over Windy City"

Now that the Lakeview East Art Festival is over, I wanted to share all the photos of this year's promo, in which they used my artwork to advertise the 2011 fest. I have been posting many updates about this on Facebook, but for those of you who don't (yet) follow my FB art page (you probably should: https://www.facebook.com/anastasiamakart), here is a little pictorial summary of where the Owls have appeared in Chicago.

I was very honored that the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce selected my "Owls Over Windy City" painting for this year's promotion. The selection of this image, I think, was very fitting with the reason of why this piece was originally created. (read about it here). Anyhow, its been so much fun to spot the Owls around Chicago in various print forms (starting with the Gay Pride Parade in June, which also takes place in Lakeview East). Here's a photo gallery of many places where the Owls have "landed" this summer. And thank you everyone who came out to the festival, and thanks to my customers for all your support!

Owls on Chicago Gay Pride Parade float:

Owls lurking behind DJ of the Pride Parade float:

Owls on Lakeview East street billboard:

Owls on Lakeview East light posts:

 

More Owls on light posts:

Light post banner up close:

Owls landed on the bus stop:

Owls behind stage at the festival: