Savage Lucy

This was one of two pieces that I did last night at the Fortune Industries Charity event. The idea was to knock out two paintings in 2 hours...thus the lack of detail, background etc. but they raised money for homeless kids!

(yes, contrary to popular belief, I do nice things...)

This was based off of Savage Lucy, the girl Hunter Thompson meets in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas that does the paintings of Barbara Streisand. The text going down the side of the painting is an excerpt from the book.....

"I nodded to Lucy, who was eyeing me with definite venom. I was clearly some kind of enemy, some ugly intrusion on her scene....and it was clear from the way she moved around the room , very quick and tense on her feet, that she was sizing me up. She was ready for violence, there was not much doubt about that. Even my attorney picked up on that....

....She said nothing. I could see she was not entirely in control of herself. Huge shoulders on th woman, and a chin like Oscar Bonavena. I sat down on the bed and casually reached into my satchel for the Mace can...and when I felt my thumb on the Shoot button I was tempted to jerk the thing out and soak her down on general principles, I desperately needed peace, rest, sanctuary. The last thing I wanted was a fight to the finish, in my own hotel room, with some kind of drug-crazed hormone monster." --HST