Gibson Girl

I like the Gibson Girl art style of Charles Dana Gibson, but thought it should be brought into the 21st century. Modern women look somewhat different than those at the turn of the last century: instead of corsets, ribbon and lace, it’s backpacks, velcro and spandex.

I hope this is the first of many such paintings. I’m inspired by many women — like my daughters — that are self assured, confident, competent, bold and totally integrated into the futuristic society we live in. When I get good enough, I might even ask some of them to pose for me, instead of serepticiously snapping a picture at a bus stop like this one.

It has been a while since I did an art, so of course I forgot everything I had learned. In hindsight I should have done “wet in wet” for the black areas and done more hatching for shadows. It is what it is.

Data	Description
Title	Gibson Girl
Artist	Derrick Oswald
Medium	Watercolour and ink on cartridge paper
Dimensions (w × h cm)	29.7 × 41
Date	2024