Valentina

Was initially inspired by an image of the actress frieda pinto but then eventually morphed to represent a woman in my life. She was from albania and lived an extremely rough life, much like my art shes has had to endure the turmoil of decisions made . She was sweet and tough, the cracks in the joint compound were not premeditated. I purchased an antique cast iron radiator cut off 1inch off the face and attached it to my panel along with actual shoes that i sculpted her feet to fit in, and put marbles in place of her eyes, no paint brush poured acrylic mixed with water from water bottles