Jersey Girl
"Jersey Girl" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Multimedia Artboard, 5" x 7". Copyright ©2011 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved.
Found this pretty lady in the dairy barn at the Indiana State Fair. The barn has huge frosted windows along the western exposure, which let in a soft, filtered light when the sun is low in the sky. The light has a peaceful, ethereal quality which is nice for shooting photographic references for using in the studio later for painting.
Painting the State Fair
State Fair, USA is artist Lesley Spanos' tribute to the American agricultural fair. "Just about anything I would want to paint can be found at the Fair."
The series is the culmination of years of research. Spanos has photographed and sketched her local fair - the Indiana State Fair - extensively for the past four summers, amassing a large collection of reference material for working in-studio. Ultimately the collection is destined for a book and fine art reproductions. (Read about the project in more depth here.)
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