Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak~
As I started work on this doll, the "event" I was getting her ready for, a "Tea Party" hosted by local doll artists for attendees of the NIADA conference, spawned a "pop-up" doll show which will be held for two short weeks at Guardino Gallery. Labels needed to be printed, so this piece needed a name. Playing in the background while I worked was one of my old Elton John albums, Tumbleweed Connection… specifically, a song called Amoreena. And with that, she had her name.
~Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours,
rolling through the hay like a puppy child~
She told me she absolutely had to have red ballet slippers… so I painted first with black gesso, then deep crimson acrylic paint.
~I can see you sitting eating apples in the evening,
the fruit juice flowing slowly, slowly, slowly down the bronze of your body~
She's got a black tulle petticoat to keep that skirt fluffed out, and a little touch of striped ribbon as a waist sash. The last little shiny bit is a vintage pink rhinestone button. But her crowning glory is that hair. LOVE the Tibetan lamb's curly locks. It was my first time using it, but it was a dream to work with and looks exactly perfect.
~And she dreams of crystal streams,
of days gone by when we would lean
laughing fit to burst upon each other~
of days gone by when we would lean
laughing fit to burst upon each other~
(Lyrics between the ~ marks~ from the song, Amoreena, by Elton John and Bernie Taupin)
