July Penthouse Pet Holding My Marilyn Art

A couple of years ago, I was communicating with a very beautiful and talented model on Model Mayhem named MKBlondie (Manda Kay), who expressed her love of Marilyn Monroe and my Marilyn artwork.  I sent her prints of both of my Marilyn Monroe illustrations, for which she was very grateful.

A couple of months ago I found out that Manda was named the July Penthouse Pet of the Month!  I was very happy and proud of her, as being named a Penthouse Pet is a big deal.

I asked Manda for some promotional shots, and as luck would have it, she said she was doing a Marilyn-themed shoot.  She happily posed as Marilyn Monroe holding my art, and, of course, her Penthouse centerfold.  Pretty cool.

Since Penthouse publishes double issues, you can still get Manda's pictorial on newsstands right now, or order a subscription through my company.  It's worth seeing, as Manda is very beautiful and sexy. Click through the links to see her and my artwork that she enjoys.

This is....Misty Dawn

Misty Dawn is a former Playboy CyberGirl, whose excellent photos by Sam T’ang were published in August 2004 (Sam’s photos are the reference for her art).

Click here to see a full size image of her art and a new lower price on the original.

Misty was born and raised in Michigan. After some years of modeling there,she moved to the Dallas area in the summer of 2005. She has since gotten married and is the mother to a very photogenic little boy. She agreed to a little Q & A:



How did you get your start in modeling?
By chance. I went with a friend to have boudoir pictures taken for her boyfriend. That photog asked if I was a model, or ever considered it. He ended up taking a lot of photos of ME that day. I looked up known local photog's and Sam's name was #1 so for the hell of it I emailed him some of those pictures. He did a test shoot of me that week and the following month I was on a poster for a local radio station.

How were you discovered by Playboy?
When Sam was at the mansion the following week he showed Hef all of the recent models he'd shot and Hef wanted me out there the following week.


How long did you continue modeling afterwards?
I modeled on and off for about 6 years. I started late in the game so by the last year of glamour modeling I was in my late 20's and decided to do fitness modeling. Now that's some hard work!

What are your thoughts on Playboy discontinuing nudity in the magazine?
I think Playboy should stick with what's been working for them for the last 50+ years.

What kinds of things are you doing today?
Nowadays I'm a mom to a 6 year old boy (signed with an agency, of course!) ha
I'm hoping to escape Dallas in the next few years and move to Colorado.

Would you consider going back to modeling?
Again, I go on and off with my fitness and toy with the idea of just one more shoot.

 

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Art Prints Sold

 just wanted to give a shout out to the customer from New York State who purchased each of these prints a couple of days ago.    Thank you----any time you want them signed personally, just send them to me and I'll do it for the postage cost only.

See these and more of my art pieces at my website

The Art of the (Color) Nude

It's obvious that I love illustrating nude women.  I feel I am very proficient in graphite.  But I've decided that this is the year for me to stretch myself, and work in different media.

The below images are 2 of the 3 commissioned by a client of his (now ex-) wife.  Each was based on nude illustrations that he found, & I added her head to them.  Although I did have some nudes of the lady herself, they were only for facial reference.

I really liked this project, as I had only done a few colored pencil nudes before. This forced me to look at the female nude in color, rather than breaking down the reference photos into black & white tones.

I am really happy with these illustrations; I thought I did well establishing her skin tones, her curves, etc.  Almost the quintessential 'Naked Wife' in my portfolio. 

Contact me with any comments or questions.

FLiP Magazine Pinup Published

Art created in Color Pencil

Finally, the long awaited FLiP Magazine featuring my art of beautiful model/actress Jax Turyna is available to view online here. 

 The photo photo by Ralph Haseltine was changed quite  a bit, as you can see.  I also tried to create this artwork in the style of Gil Elvgren and Alberto Vargas.  I'm very happy with this piece, and I hope you are too.

Please watch FLiP Magazine for details on the upcoming auction for this original.  Also, you can buy a print right now, and ALL net proceeds will be donated as well.  Click here to view it on my website.

Original Photo by Ralph Haseltine