Parisian Waitress

» Posted by on Oct 1, 2011 in A Day Not Wasted, Acrylics, Ampersand Gessobord, Available, Food and Wine, Liquitex Acrylics, People, Portfolio | 5 comments

Painted portrait of a waitress on Île Saint-Louis in Paris by Lesley Spanos

"Portrait of a Parisian Waitress" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Ampersand Gessobord, 14" x 18". Copyright ©2011 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved.

I couldn’t resist painting  a portrait of this lovely waitress from a photo taken by artist/photographer/traveler/blogger Lee Brown. Lee generously lends some of his travel photos to artists in the context of his ADNW painting challenges. Participants get one month to submit their interpretations of his image.  There’s some cool stuff already posted. Go see it here.

I don’t know what I liked more – the quality of the light, or the shape of her hair and all those wispy tendrils. Both were tons of fun to paint.

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5 Comments

  1. Dana Cooper / October 2, 2011

    Leslie, your submission for this challenge is beautiful! I love the crop, her hair…everything!

  2. Ira Prussat / October 9, 2011

    This is just beautiful! Good work!

  3. Erik / October 15, 2011

    What a beautiful painting, my favorite in the series.

  4. coleen / October 18, 2011

    lovely…

  5. Alfonso / January 19, 2012

    You have a very particular style, this work is great, congratulations. Greetings.

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