My latest inspiration was Amy Winehouse. Can we say amazing? My friend Kenny introduced me to her music in college and I was in love ever since. Do to her unfortunate death on July 23, 2011 I began to think heavily about her story and what most people know about it. Everyone knows Amy struggled with alcohol and drug addictions. She shared her life with us through music, although it was great music it did not usually have happy themes. Do to the media, as fans we were exposed to more of the negative sides of Amy than the positive. So I began to research and I found out Amy participated in a multitude of charities. In 2008, Amy appeared naked in Easy Living Magazine to promote breast cancer awareness. Amy was a participant in the Hear the World Campaign which was organized to promote awareness about hearing loss. Amy even allowed the free usage of one of her hit songs "Back to Black" to help promote AIDS awareness through a film for Global Fund's Born HIV free Campaign and that is just a few. After learning this information, and so much more I knew I had to do an Amy piece.
When coming up with the plan for the Amy piece I was inspired by her style. She is what I'd like to call " Funky Glamorous".
So I decided to take her vintage style and incorporate one of my favorite interior design periods " Hollywood Regency". Due to the charity work that Amy participated in I wanted to add that "Saintly Gold" color that can be found in many picture of Saints. Here are a few pictures that inspired me. The Hollywood Regency Wallpaper was amazing
This is my finished Mixed Media Painting entitled "Amy"
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