Holy Smoke 21" x 17"/ 53 x 43 cmI recently finished this painting, Holy Smoke. It is actually a motif/idea I have worked on before, a couple of times. I felt a need to rework the image, chance the color scheme, as well as the way the figure was placed.
The inspiration for this painting, originally came from a picture in an old LIFE magazine I bought in Tacoma, WA, years back. Something makes me return to this photo of a very stylish, beautiful and relaxed woman, enjoying a smoke outside.
I added the wings and the play on words - and became quite taken by the image.
I guess some people paint the same hill, tree or lake multiple times. I suppose my thing is that I keep painting a smoking angel...On the left: the old news paper picture of the smoking woman, who were to become an angel!
