Sea Angel Fin

She’s done!

Sea Angel - Barbie Redux

Sea Angel - Barbie Redux

It took me a long time and many, many washes to get her face just right. That “Barbie” look does NOT want to leave easily. I underlaid with some golds – bright and cheapo shimmer craft paint – to give a bit of iridescence which certainly doesn’t come through in the photo and very subtly in RL.

And she kept staring at me blankly. I knew I needed something for her face/eye. I tried mirror and bead and coin and glass but I then stumbled on these stud-type things. Perfect size. Perfect shape. A swash of paint or two, to really build foundation and Voila! Perfect.

I’m pretty pleased with how she turned out and now she’ll be heading to the West Coast for the Barbie Redux show at the Ten Women Gallery.

date2 Jun
comments20

20 Responses to “Sea Angel Fin”

  1. Lisa Purcell
    1:21 pm on June 3rd, 2009

    I simply love it. She is amazing. That gaze. Is that a tooth in her midsection? Cool.

  2. grrl+dog
    10:04 pm on June 5th, 2009

    beautifully mixed demonic/angelic thing going on… love the terminator eye too.

  3. Jen
    5:27 pm on June 6th, 2009

    Thanks Lisa! That “tooth” is actually part of the bone/shell that forms her lower body.

  4. Jen
    5:28 pm on June 6th, 2009

    Hey thanks d! I thought the metal brad fit her perfectly too. Added that industrial/rust/metal je ne c’est sais quoi to her rather organic nature. ;)

  5. tricia
    5:02 pm on June 7th, 2009

    Jen

    she is super fab, her gold eye is particularly enchanting to me, but the whole organic, creature like appearance truely transformed Barbie into a work of art!

  6. Diana
    6:35 pm on June 7th, 2009

    Amazing. love your sea angel.

  7. Carla
    11:12 pm on June 7th, 2009

    Love her! That face is haunting.

  8. Lani
    4:57 pm on June 8th, 2009

    ***GASP!***

  9. Jen
    4:24 pm on June 9th, 2009

    Thanks Tricia! I agree, the gold grommet really makes her for me too!

  10. Jen
    4:26 pm on June 9th, 2009

    Thanks for your kind words Diana!

  11. Jen
    4:31 pm on June 9th, 2009

    Thanks Carla! It took awhile to get the face unBarbie’d but I think it works!

  12. Jen
    4:45 pm on June 9th, 2009

    LOL I trust that’s a good “gasp” Lani! ;)

  13. Susan Williamson
    10:26 pm on June 16th, 2009

    Marvelous and magical …she looks like an emanation.

  14. Marylinn Kelly
    5:56 pm on June 23rd, 2009

    Jen, It was good to hear from you. I’d say with your Barbie Redux your have captured a glimpse through the veil, a notion supported by other comments and other works. Your note made me smile and give thanks all around. Those carny barkers knew there was an allure well beyond the plastic, fur and feathers of their glittering prizes, else why would they hold so much meaning for us today? I take inspiration from your art and your ironman training.

  15. Jen Crossley
    2:25 am on July 4th, 2009

    Wow she looks amazing
    Jen

  16. mary helen fernandez stewart
    3:55 am on July 20th, 2009

    Barbie has never been so beautiful to behold…you had my heart at the first glance. Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart

  17. Jen
    3:05 pm on July 20th, 2009

    Thanks so much Susan! :)

  18. Jen
    3:08 pm on July 20th, 2009

    Thanks Marylinn. I wish I had more time to create but know that come September – and my IM training is over – time will blossom once again. :)

  19. Jen
    3:09 pm on July 20th, 2009

    Thanks Jen! :)

  20. Jen
    3:09 pm on July 20th, 2009

    Mary Helen, you made my day. Thank you! xx