Norm van Maastricht | May 8, 2010
Chrissie She came in with a more or less country band, one of those that get thrown together by using people of varying skills and no rehearsals.. She was better than a ‘pretty good’ singer… lovely, confident voice…great fun to work with. She liked cutting up a little bit, enjoying the moment and always [...]
Norm van Maastricht | January 9, 2010
The Mating Dance is a series of observations of human nature in pursuit of (more or less) romantic endeavor They are not in any particular order. That would imply rationality . He was a dancer. Well, he wasn’t really a dancer. He didn’t dance professionally or anything like that. He was just a guy who [...]
Norm van Maastricht | July 27, 2009
“Paper Dolls by Vann” is how I signed my artwork… This is Evelyn Nesbit. A beautiful, young, turn of the (19th) century lass. An in demand artist’s model, she gained fame as one of the “Gibson Girls” by modeling for Charles Dana Gibson a noted illustrator of the day. She had several affairs, most notably [...]
Norm van Maastricht | February 5, 2009
This is one of my most uplifting results. Copied from a young lady in a Playboy layout. She came out pretty well even if her proportions aren’t what they technically should be but, y’know, if I’d presented myself as a cartoonist no one would bat an eye. In any case she is one of [...]
Norm van Maastricht | January 2, 2009
I knew an exotic beauty and was thinking of doing a painting of her. She demurred and asked me instead to make one of Betty Boop. So I did, just to see if I could make it work. She’s about 12″ tall Never did get to try for the portrait of the girl herself because [...]
