So as I am sure I’ve probably stated before, Marilyn Monroe is such a ridiculously hard image to work with.  You get that with any cultural icon, because icon alone is such a loaded word.  The entire subject its filled with layers and layers of meaning, opinions, facts, fiction, and associations.  I can’t figure out if its more loaded dealing with her inside the art world or inside the hollywood/biographical world, but then I remember the lack of seperation.

I’ve realized I primarily need to just organize and work with the oodles if information I have.  She is so overworked, discussed, and represented that it’s hard to actually separate from it all and deal with her image in a meaningful artist manner.  At times it seems impossible.  Organization, working, drawing, writing.  I need to keep at it.

I also need to not just isolate myself to the subject matter either.  It leads to my brain getting stuck.

So on the topic of unstucking brain/and organizing Marilyn images, I’m doing some quick photoshop studies, and will probably be posting them here.   As far as actual physical drawing, I am still working with doing studies of her  to get her image down straight and properly.  Then I will have the freedom to use her as please artistically.   These photoshop studies are simple ways to to play/organize with images of her and help articulate some thoughts.

Again, attempting to organize my brain and my at, and this blog helps.

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