A Portrait of Lieara

My apologies as it has been awhile since my last update. I have been a bit preoccupied after recently acquiring a new day job. But for today I wanted to share a more recent piece I did of one of my best friends, models, and muses, Lieara. It isn't the first time I have done work of her but it is the first iPad drawing to have her featured.

We have actually worked together quite a few times over the years in my photography and lifedrawing exercises. She was also the first subject for my experiemental photo editing that was done on an iPad.

This piece I like to call "The Frost Queen" was taken with my new micro 43rds camera before I left Las Vegas for Portland. It was then edited on my iPad after I shot it and sparked a whole new series of photography work that will be featured in future posts.

Although I have worked with many models, I reserve the title muse for only two of them. The ones who allow me to break new grounds in my work, techniques, and allow me to have many failures till I get it right.

Lieara is one of those few people I enjoyed working with where we developed a unique trust between artist and model. A rare occasion when the artwork we create comes not just from one person's vision, but consists of both our contributions.