I saw this as a statue in Tulsa - but the original photo was in black and white - so a wee bit of work was involved to make it into whatever was in my head, but it kept me out of trouble for a few hours. The painting was done in gouache, and then given a final airbrush to soften the brushmarks.
children paint because they don't know they can't - so what happens as we become adults? - Me
Life is very nice, but it has no shape. The object of art is actually to give it some, and to do it by every artifice possible - truer than the truth. - Jean Anouilh 1910-87