I have finished my Haitian woman and I have titled this painting "Lespwa Fe Viv" or "Hope Makes One Live."
If you remember from a previous post, my daughter had taken the photo of the woman last year while in Haiti, assisting a medical team after the earthquake. As soon as I saw the photo I knew I needed to try to paint her. You can see a larger view of her by clicking on her.
She was painted in acrylics, on top of a painting that was going nowhere, and I used magazine pages on the canvas as well. All the magazine clippings were painted over, but they do contribute to the age-lines of her face. At least I think so! I had originally had flowers surrounding her, and a few butterflies, but decided they were unnecesary. I then painted pale green mountains behind her, but again, decided they were not needed! So, she is as she is, as she was on that day, when her photo was snapped.
(Disregard that little blip at the top of the painting. That is something that is actually behind the canvas, and with so many crazy things going on with our computer, I haven't been able to figure out how to crop a photo and save the changes!)
