Old Hollywood – Drawsomethingawful

More Taylor, more Instagram, and How to Meet a Movie Star circa 1948

May 1, 2013 By Elizabeth Grammaticas 2 Comments

I have officially gone down a black hole of Taylor Swift research and it looks like I am not coming out until I have a gallery show full of it, or two. Stay tuned for more including paintings, the Experimental Taylor Swift Cover Band (featuring songs about death), Edible Taylor Swift cake, glitter guitars, a new performance artist partner in crime, and maybe James Franco.

Below is the latest studio progress on the painting front.

More also to come…on why I am thinking so hard about Taylor Swift. In the meantime—in case you’re not following James Franco and Me (which you should), I transcribed a fabulous article over there from a 1948 issue of Motion Picture Magazine on how to meet celebs.

(Also R.I.P Deanna Durbin)

Filed Under: Inside the Studio, Old Hollywood, painting, Taylor Swift Tagged With: art, grammy, instagram, oil, painting, popart, portrait, studio, taylor swift, tswift

Updated Version: Lucky Dog.

September 24, 2012 By Elizabeth Grammaticas 1 Comment

Lucky Dog (working title). © Elizabeth Grammaticas. Oil on Panel. 2012

Filed Under: marilyn monroe, Old Hollywood, painting Tagged With: maf the dog, mafia, Marilyn Monroe, marilyn's dog, older marilyn, painting, pet portraits, pets

stanywck sketch

August 8, 2012 By Elizabeth Grammaticas Leave a Comment

Barbara stanwyck sketch.

Filed Under: drawings, Old Hollywood Tagged With: barbara stanwyck

New piece in progress

June 21, 2012 By Elizabeth Grammaticas 1 Comment

New piece in progress….nearing completion. A more detailed post to come soon I my upcoming series or portraits.

Filed Under: marilyn monroe, Old Hollywood, painting, Uncategorized Tagged With: maf the dog, marilyn, Marilyn Monroe

I wasn’t alive but I remember

June 13, 2012 By Elizabeth Grammaticas 1 Comment

Revised a problematic piece that’s been sitting around for a while. “I wasn’t alive but I remember”. Mixed Media on Panel. 2012.

This piece will be on display at Fowler Art in Brooklyn for the upcoming show Space Half Empty, opening this Friday, June 15th. Reception 7-10

Also I will be participating in the Northside Art Festival Open Studios this Sunday. Come visit my Greenpoint studio in person and say hello! If you get there early, I may even kitsch it up and serve some Marilyn wine.

Filed Under: Events, Inside the Studio, Kennedy, marilyn monroe, Old Hollywood, painting, Uncategorized Tagged With: gala, Happy Birthday Mr President, jfk, john f kennedy, marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, presidential gala

Updated : It’s Judy!!

April 8, 2012 By Elizabeth Grammaticas Leave a Comment

I keep changing her outfit in this painting. It seems like an appropriate Judy battle.

"It's Judy!!" Revised 2012. Elizabeth Grammaticas

Filed Under: Inside the Studio, Old Hollywood, painting Tagged With: it's judy, Judy Garland, Judy Garland old, painting

They didn’t end how they started. (sketchbook-cleaning)

March 22, 2012 By Elizabeth Grammaticas Leave a Comment

Sometimes sketches help make a painting. Sometimes they stop a painting from happening. Sometimes, they should have been a painting. Sometimes they just…are. Yes, this is a sketchbook post.

Today I made a sketch of Marilyn and her dog Maf while trying to ditch some anxiety. Marilyn doesn’t look like Marilyn, and I lost interest in the dog, but I love this sketch for all of these reasons. When I am anxious again, I may just start doing sketches of iconic leading ladies posed with pets…..and stay unconcerned about drawing the pet or the proper likeness of the lady.

3-21-12

I was bored and detached here. Can you tell?

Beach day is the best day.

I am particularly fond of these tragic but semi-interesting 90210 studies that I got…frustrated with in 2010. I accidentally ended it with the Walsh twins looking like zombies.

and Kelly Taylor looking like ghost.

and to end it…pooooooor Little J

Filed Under: 90210, drawings, Gossip Girl, Inside the Studio, marilyn monroe, Old Hollywood, Teen TV, Television Tagged With: 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Brandon Walsh, Brenda Walsh, Gossip Girl, jenny humphrey, kelly taylor, Marilyn Monroe, poor little j, sketchbook, Taylor Momsen

New Works: Teen TV Spoilers and Elusive Marilyns

January 9, 2012 By Elizabeth Grammaticas 2 Comments

Hey folks! I’ve been busy! I’ve finished up a few pieces!

The first piece, “Someone This Week Will Die. (R.I.P. Marissa)”, is my favorite piece of my Marissa series so far. The composition of this piece is based on visual style used in promotions for various teen television series.

We know Marilyn Monroe as bright, bold, and omnipresent. As a result, the images of Marilyn I find most interesting are the quiet illusive ones, often on poorly preserved materials. For me with Marilyn, less is more and my most recent pieces have this in mind.