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Better Late Than Never (Part 2)

Since that painting was such a big one, I thought I’d show a few details from it.

The fun–and difficult–thing about this piece was that I used actual pictures of my classmates as characters from shows that my school did during the years I attended, and the audience members are theatre students as well. Although the piece was large, the faces were still quite small–some of them were probably about the size of the cap of a milk-jug, which made it hard to capture peoples’ likenesses. I feel pretty happy with most of them, but I won’t lie and say there aren’t a few that I would redo if I had the canvas still. But anyway.

The three figures on the stairs (Aida, Amneris, and Radames) and the one in the lower left corner (Mereb) are from Aida. Danny Bean, who played Mereb, in the lower left is my particularly good friend. You might recognize him from some of the photos in earlier posts.

The three figures on the stairs (Aida, Amneris, and Radames) and the one in the lower left corner (Mereb) are from Aida. You might recognize Daniel Bean on the lower left from some other posts.

Marshall as Lieutenant Cioffi, Lauren as producer Carmen, and Michael as director Belling from Curtains.

Marshall as Lieutenant Cioffi, Lauren as producer Carmen, and Michael as director Belling from Curtains. Some of my favorite characters, but more so people, of all time!

Here's another scene from Curtains...if you hadn't guessed, the painting centers around the Curtains theme. The line on the sign at the top--"We're A Special Kind of People Known as Show People"--is from a song out of Curtains. Also, that chick in the middle is me, which you might have noticed if you watced the video of THS Thataway from the posts "The Girl Gets Around--But Only On Stage."

Here’s another scene from Curtains…if you hadn’t guessed, the painting centers around the Curtains theme. The line on the sign at the top–“We’re A Special Kind of People Known as Show People”–is from a song out of Curtains. Also, that chick in the middle is me, which you might have noticed if you watched the video of THS Thataway from the posts “The Girl Gets Around–But Only On Stage.” In case you’re wondering, never, ever, ever try to paint fishnets with oil paint in this small of an image…

My awesome ginger buddy Adam is the techy at the top. He was pro. Seriously. On the lower right are Lucas (whom I dub my Elaborate Life due to antics backstage during Aida) and Lisa (who is basically the same person as me) from Our Town. On the ladder and standing below are crazy improv-crew Daniel R., Chance, and Cameron. (Possibly the funniest kids you will ever meet.)The head on the left is lovely Abby playing Jessica in Curtains, and on the right is Austin as a Curtains cowboy...although we had cowboys in just about every show...

My awesome ginger buddy Adam is the techy at the top. He was pro. Seriously. On the lower right are Lucas (whom I dub my Elaborate Life due to antics backstage during Aida) and Lisa (who is basically the same person as me) from Our Town. On the ladder and standing below are crazy improv-crew Daniel R., Chance, and Cameron. (Possibly the funniest kids you will ever meet.) The head on the left is lovely Abby playing Jessica in Curtains, and on the right is Austin as a Curtains cowboy…although we had cowboys in just about every show… Also, this picture fish-eyed a little bit, so they don’t usually look so fun-house-mirror-ed.

Sitting down is Brandon as Pippin from Pippin, and James above him is playing Lewis. In the middle is Caleb, who played Ren in Footloose. (You can see him in the video of "Almost Paradise" in the post "Voice takes an ill-timed vacation"). On the upper right is my best friend and little sister Elise, and Paul, who played Adam and Eve in Mark Twain's Diary of Adam and Eve.

Sitting down is Brandon as Pippin from Pippin, and James above him is playing Lewis. In the middle is Caleb, who played Ren in Footloose. (You can see him and me in the video of “Almost Paradise” in the post “Voice takes an ill-timed vacation”). On the upper right is my best friend and little sister Elise, and Paul, who played Adam and Eve in Mark Twain’s Diary of Adam and Eve.

Here's a scene from the Merchant of Venice, with my friends Alana as Portia, Alejandra as Nerissa, Royce as Antonio, and Craig as Shylock. (I actually posted one of the exact pictures I used for reference of this--the one of Portia--a few posts ago in the "Just in the Ensemble" Post.)

Here’s a scene from the Merchant of Venice, with my friends Alana as Portia, Alejandra as Nerissa, Royce as Antonio, and Craig as Shylock. (I actually posted one of the exact pictures I used for reference of this–the one of Portia–a few posts ago in the “Just in the Ensemble” Post.)