Famed Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has become my latest Muse/obsession. While Karl Lagerfeld will always be number one in my heart, it's Valentino's supremely stylish elegance combined with his habit of slathering himself in gallons of glowing orange self-tanner that appeals to me. His finely-crafted lacquered pompadour that does not move in even the most furious of tempests sits elegantly atop the Class X solar flare that is his face. Valentino is occasionally seen with a herd of devoted pugs who often travel with him in his private jet. Valentino is radiant and shiny, and quite simply, I'm attracted to radiant shiny things. Medium: graphite on paper, digital paint.
Press Coverage
- "Portraits of Shame" New York Post
- "Gallery of the Absurd is “the best of many sites that skewer celebrity culture.” 14’s portraits display “the qualities that make celebrity satire work” and is “consistently funny". Caryn James, NY Times
- "illustrations that parody celebrity culture with all the subtlety of a mouthful of Red Hots" Newsday
- "hitting the marrow of what is specifically annoying about specific celebrities" New York Post
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Campbell's Introduces Cream of Sodium Soup
In homage to my childhood obsession with Wacky Packages (A collection of trading cards/stickers featuring parodies of consumer products), I've decide to make a few of my own. While they are meant to be parodies, each card is based in either a glaring truth or a blatant misconception. After a public interest organization slammed Campbell's soup as overpriced disease-promoting cans of salt and water, I thought it would be nice if Campbell's came clean and added Cream of Sodium to their product line. Medium: graphite on paper, digital color, Cream of Sodium concept by Paula E.
