Little Lisa Painting

This is an envisioned version of La Gioconde in her youth when she was perhaps on the cusp of womanhood. I've always felt a deep abiding attraction and appreciation for the work of Da Vinci. I decided that of them all, he would be the one I would most want to study with, so copying the Mona Lisa became an firm intention of mine over a period of time. While studying about Lisa Gherardini, the painting, and Leonardo's life and process I came upon the Isleworth version and became quite fascinated - deciding that would be a good place to start. As I painted her she mysteriously kept getting younger and younger, so I decided to not fight it and just let it happen. Around that time I had started using collage and incorporating it into portraits. I decided that using a combination of collage and straight painting (of the skin) would be a pleasing effect so I've done this here. I sensed that surrounding her in flowers and giving her some simple adornment was suitable for a young woman of the Renaissance aristocracy. I feel she has the quiet depths of her more matured self, but also has a youthful freshness that might have been there when she was a girl. One day I hope to visit the Louvre to see the Lisa that everyone recognizes so well. Maybe one day I will paint that likeness also.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:25.5 W x 31.5 H x 1.8 D in

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