Miss Sherbrooke
14" x 14", acrylic, August, 2010
Joëlle is a friend I've known for years. Some friends never come to mind when thinking of doing a painting. It's not
that they are not beautiful or interesting, or don't have the personality for me to capture them in a painting. It simply never
comes to mind to paint close friends when one is constantly searching elsewhere. Well, one day, Joëlle came to work wearing this
combination hat, sunglassess, and coat. It captured my attention. Yes, it was time to paint a friend.
Anyone who knows a little about film & fashion can see that this is reminiscent of the 1950's, the way Audrey Hepburn used to dress in her movies.
Joëlle, dressed this way, with an air of mystery, makes me think of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, hence the reason I included reflected images of
Hitchcock in her sunglassess, the way the director would have done it in his typical cameo way!
I was surprised to find out that Hitchcock and Hepburn never did a movie together. She would have made a great leading lady in one of his movies.
It's interesting to note that the Hepburn movie, "Charade", directed by Stanley Donan, is known as "The best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never
made." Well, I would like to think that if Hitchcock had made a movie with Hepburn, it would have been called, "Miss Sherbrooke". It has a good
Hitchcockian ring to it. Of course, there would have been a crucial subway scene in the movie, at Sherbrooke station!
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