Thursday, January 29, 2009

Self Portrait

Yesterday I showed you two works from a wonderful exhibit I saw at the Heard Museum by the artist Rose B Simpson. Today I show you a work by her mother, Roxanne Swentzell. The title of this piece, “Self Portrait” takes on a whole new meaning when you see the figure holding a mirror with her toes while drawing on a sketch pad. She is truly creating a self-portrait.
In the small photo you can see the sketch pad and drawing. This is such a clever piece of artistry that I just had to share it with you. I apologize for the quality of the photos. I had to take them through the Plexiglas case that surrounded the subject.

12 comments:

  1. A great fun self potrait. You did a grea job of photographing through the case.

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  2. This is so cool! I like every detail especially the cute feet holding the mirrow! :-)

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  3. I liked this one too, your pictures turned out nicely.

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  4. Sharon, interesting sculpture. And I saw your comment on my website about Jay Leno and car auctions. I actually saw Jay Leno driving in Los Angeles in an open top collector car. I was sitting at the traffic light and he went driving right by me. Kind of cool.

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  5. I had no idea that Roxanne Swentzell's daughter also an artist. Her mom and their family live here in the Santa Fe area.

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  6. What a wonderful sculpture! So clever!!!

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  7. The body language is so spot on. Cool!

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  8. Very cute. So that's how self potraits are made? Hmmmm! :-)

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