I've been spotted!

Whilst I was away last month Chips painted a portrait of me.  

Can you tell that it's me?  Not yet, I hope.

Am I getting clearer?

Here I am 'hanging' in the studio.

The painting of is the latest in the series of Modern Mosaics that Chips has been creating for our Chippendale & Morris collection.   The choice of using my face instead of the usual bright young things that he selects was not just a romantic gesture, no, the pug dog face that Chips painted last month was the romantic gesture.  This was a test to make sure that he could make portraits from customer's photographs.  He said it was tough to find the right photo and he had to view quite a lot before he saw a picture strong enough to disassemble into dots then reconstruct as a recognisable image. 

This may not have been the actual photo that he used but it's pretty close. I am wearing one of my favourite hats, I bought it at Subiaco Hatters,West Australia and it has travelled the world with me.

The dot painting of the pug dog deserves a post of it's own...it's coming soon.

Helen. 

 

Comments

[Jacqui]

What a great portrait. Nice to see the hat immortalised in art, I remember the day you bought it. Sadly Subi Hatters closed long ago – not enough hat wearers I guess. What a shame, life is so much more glamorous in the right hat.

[Theresa Cheek]

I just love this series he is creating. Your portrait is just perfect! Fabulous work!!