The subsequent paintings she's in are all based on photos from the shoot we did for that CD. When I saw this strong profile I immediately was reminded of Alphonse Mucha's posters (he was inspiring a lot of my work at the time) and I just had to paint it with a few Mucha-esque elements (the circular motifs, the curls of her hair, the heavy outline).
Graphite sketch.
Mostly, this sketch was to experiment with the possibility of an art nouveau background, and not to assign a specific motif or pattern.
I did an abstracted version of this called Raise the Roof.
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