Orange Navel

Orange navel is a pas­tel fig­ure draw­ing of an artists mode; named Dale. I worked with Dale over sev­eral ses­sions cre­at­ing the pieces Ver­mil­lion, in the Pas­tels Gallery and Pumps in Oil Pas­tels. She had red hair and very pale skin that reflected light was an incred­i­ble radi­ance, she was one of my favorite muses. Dale was in the The­ater and a big Woody Allen fan. We exchanged favorite films once, her’s being Every­one Says I Love You, with Edward Nor­ton singing. Mine was Miller’s Cross­ing with Gabriel Byrne, not singing, our col­lab­o­ra­tion sort of faded to black after that.

Nude pas­tel draw­ing done with Schminke pas­tels on Rives BFK paper.

I am giv­ing away a 5″ x 7″ print of this piece at the end of Decem­ber. Sign up with the form on the right of the page and you’ll auto­mat­i­cally be entered for a chance to win. I’ll announce the win­ner at the first of January.