Marilyn on Mailer

The pose of Marilyn Monroe that I worked from to create this painting many moons ago graced the cover of Normal Mailer’s infamous book. Although the text is extremely questionable, the selection of photos is incredible. The interesting thing about this particular photo is that depending upon which book you see it in, it can look entirely different. Some of the exposures make Marilyn look half dead, while others (like the one in the particular edition I owned) emphasize the over-accentuated glamour of her Hollywood persona. As I have grown older, I tend to prefer to paint Marilyn in a more "natural" state and not so plasticized. To see more of my art, visit my regular website.

Red Marilyn

Influenced by early Technicolor movies, my paintings reflect its sometimes garish color palettes. This painting of Marilyn Monroe based on a bw photo was enhanced with a little bit of bright red. OK...a lot of red.

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Marilyn: The Bert Stern photos

Bert Stern took some amazing photos of Marilyn during his last sitting with her. These two paintings, inspired by those sessions, were done about 10 years apart. The first painting came out okay, but looking at it now it seems a little rough; I am much happier with my more recent incarnation. It’s a little more subtle; kind of like comparing Hustler to Playboy; or something like that.



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Marilyn in Black

I completed this 20"x24" acrylic painting of Marilyn Monroe in April 2005. Years ago, I also did an ink version of it which I eventually sold. This is probably my favorite pose of Marilyn, and very few even recognize it to be her. It was published last year in a book titledMarilyn in Art. And yes, this one’s still for sale.

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