Firstly, Shanna Thompson at Thompson Framing in Priest River is AMAZE. So talented and thoroughly thinks through the project... with this framing - she chose a more curved frame to coincide with the curves of Mona Lisa (age 12). The thin metalic-like interior lining brings it all together. Okay - enough of the details...
Mona makes me smile so big - every time I walk by her (up the stairs, down the stairs or just sitting in the living area). I fondly call her Chubby Mona Lisa but technically, it is a painting of Bortero's Mona Lisa, age 12 (the 2nd version done in 1977). The original was not available as it hangs in MoMA (NYC).
This was Mona pre-hanging (it's crunch time to finish hanging things before everyone arrives this afternoon - procrastination said "what??")
And after she has been hung up (I have no idea why I cannot rotate the picture - so work on those neck flexibility exercises gentle readers!
To learn more about Botero: http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/art/art%20matters/ArtMatters01b.pdf
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