closeup of Norma Jeane Baker  

Norma Jeane Baker Reflects on Her Future     2007                  by Paul Noonan

Pencil and wash on card

Detail of Norma Jeane Baker

The picture takes it's title from the fact that Norma Jeane is looking in a mirror. What you are seeing is her reflection. Her eyes are so fixed on her own eyes that she is oblivious to anything else around her.

Norma Jeane's character was erased and redrawn as the watercolour wash I originally laid was too weak and needed more colour. I wanted a warm healthy skin tone for her that could contrast with the pale ghost of Marilyn Monroe.

   

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