Beautiful Winter's Night....

I was at my favorite coffee shop the other day, listening to my friend Pete play with his band. I noticed a photo of a couple of girls. It was the darkest, sadest thing I'd seen in a while. It was all in shades of black and grey, the girls were heroin-addict-gaunt, wearing these huge fur coats, they just looked so full of dispair.

Then I noticed the mouth of one of the girls. It had the potential to be so beautiful. I realized that if this girl wasn't so thin, wasn't in such dreary colors, she might just be beautiful. I thought of her with rounder, softer features, in bright colors, maybe wearing a scarf lovingly knitted for her, I decided to try to capture that possibility of beauty and happiness.

I think I captured what I saw in my mind's eye, anyway, I fell in love with her and have been working on her pretty much ever since. I just finished her and raced over here to post her on the net... hmmmm ..... addiction to the internet anyone???? LOL! Anyway, I love her and hope you do as well!