A Harlequin Romance
by Bryan Bustard
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18.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
A Harlequin Romance
Artist
Bryan Bustard
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas Panel
Description
This painting is a commission done for a couple married on August 21, 2017. Both are "geeks" and the bride is obsessed with this character from the DC Comics Batman books and Batman: The Animated Series. Initially it was only supposed to be a fleshed out version of the character as portrayed in the animated series (depicted in the playing card) but after researching images of Harley Quinn (the Joker's girlfriend), I decided to go with a more "realistic" image. I work at a grocery store since I can't currently make a full time living at art, and while thinking of doing this painting, a customer complained about an implied nude image of actress Sofia Vergara on the cover of Women's Health magazine. I liked the pose, so with a few adjustments, mostly adding clothes and moving her right arm, I copied that pose. I changed the simple wooden block the actress was sitting on to the giant sledgehammer often used by Harley Quinn, and added some toy chattering teeth, some bombs and a box of TNT and to top it off, I made a cinder block wall with graffiti reminiscent of the action balloons used on the Batman '66 tv show.
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August 22nd, 2017
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