This post is a testament to the importance of blogs and twitter. Since I discovered the Art-o-mat machines I've been following them on twitter. In September they tweeted a link to an artist who was working on some art for their machines.
I followed the link and was blown away. This amazingly talented artist, Deatra, was doing these incredible old Hollywood portraits in the miniature Art-o-mat format.
I immediately contacted her and commissioned my very own.
Amazing right? Marilyn was my very first girl crush and as I've grown up I realized that yes Marilyn was beautiful and a good actress (truly) but she was also incredibly flawed. One of my favorite quotes is from her : "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
Deatra just captured a haunted look that Marilyn sometimes wore. I would love to get her to paint these in giant sizes someday.
Go take a look at her blog and her etsy shop (which is empty now but she's told me she's going to work on getting some stuff in there).
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