SENSUALITY 5: Marilyn MonROSE
, 2023
65 x 40 x 1 cm (h x w x d)
750
GBP
Oil on Canvas
for sale
O Yemi Tubi (MOYAT)
“I met them all. Some were vicious and crooked. But … you saw Hollywood with their eyes — an overcrowded brothel, a merry-go-round with beds for horses.” Marilyn Monroe
Norma Jeane was the birth name of Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn’s life is archetypal of Roses and Thorns’ life.
The gown Marilyn Monroe wore in the iconic picture that I used as a reference for this painting was a white gown.
In this painting, I changed the colour of the gown to red just as I changed her last name from Monroe to monROSE to depict her as a red-hot Hollywood superstar of her time.