HAT CRAZY...

I LOVE HATS!!!  I once had a Guest Room that had a garden theme and one wall was covered with fabulous, unique ladies hats.  Funny thing is I don't wear them...if I went to the Kentucky Derby I definately would!  Hats, Flowers, Feathers, Netting...oh my!

This is my interpretation of this oh so FAB pic...Kinda loving the coloring in this portrait...trying my hand at some pastels...I do LOVE me some COLOR!

FLASHBACK...

I'm taking you back to the 70's...I was in art School.  We were asked to pick an artist and do our interpretation of one of their pieces of art.  I chose KLIMT...not a surprise.  His dramatic women, unique faces, delicious designs, all that glittering gold...how could I not want to pick him.  Pick a pice of his I did...her is his on the left...WOW!  and mine on the right, not comparing mind you, I'm NO KLIMT, but just giving you a flashback into my world. I did this in a Silk-screen class.

 

WOMAN IN GOLD...

Before I forget you must go see "Woman in Gold".  Oh such a fabulous movie...I personally have always adored Gustav Klimt...I was lucky enough to get to see this particular painting in the Bellvedere Museum in Vienna.  I remember like it was yesterday, I was with my sister-in-law, Denise getting ready to go in the room that held all the KLIMT'S works...as I turned the corner to enter, I was as you say 'gob-smacked'.  The sheer wonder of these pieces of art up close was mind  blowing.  I couldn't get enough, I sat down on a bench in front of the Woman in Gold and stared.  The wonder and beauty of it  all.  What a wonderful experience.  Can't wait to go  visit these beautiful works of art again in New York this fall.