Norma Jeane and Marilyn with cicada,

These drawings are original, framed with a 24 X 36 plexiglass frame, the art worhs are 18 x 24 inches, made with colored pencils and PanPastel powders, as well as collages and other media, on high-quality Camson papers, and preserved with several layers of Latour Fixative.

Marilyn Monroe, forever suspended as an immortal muse, was molded by the patriarchal era in which she was created. I am keenly interested in the “Marilyn Monroe Effect” and the concept of the Male Gaze.”

The cicada that lands on the shoulder of young Norma   Jeane predestines her to a life of tragedy.