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Wendy's Waist Painting

Charles Masi

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 49 W x 13 H x 1 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Wendy is a pretty lady who agreed to pose for a series I envisioned of women riding motorcycles. The plan was to do a photo shoot with her posing with a custom motorcycle built by Dave Nocera at Collier County Choppers, in Naples, Fla., then render one or more of the images in acrylic on canvas. Finally, I would reproduce the image in a series of posters. During the photo shoot, after I had all the poses I’d anticipated, we tried a bunch of just-for-fun poses. One had her lying on her side on a pool table facing the camera, dramatically lit by the pool-table overhead light. Dede Sweet at Sweet Art Gallery was so taken by the pool-table image that she suggested I paint a similar pose, but with Wendy facing away from the camera. I called Wendy back for a second photo shoot, and conceived of similar images with her standing. In the end, I completed six paintings: the original pose on the motorcycle, the chiaroscuro image of her leaning against it, the two images of her lying on the pool table, and the two standing poses. Those six images appear as the Wendy Series.

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Painting:

Acrylic on Canvas

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

49 W x 13 H x 1 D in

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