Character Illustration - "Hollywood Starlet"
(watercolor & acrylic illustration on paper, 2008)
"Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder."
William Faulkner
"In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, "Did he leave a will?" but "Did he leave a diary?"
Liza Minnelli
"Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood."
Erica Jong
"In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity."
Lauren Bacall
Name: Mirabel Clark
Profession: Movie actress
Personality: Lethargic, self-absorbed, snobbish
Place of residence: Hollywood, California
Life story: Born and raised in Arizona, Mirabel dropped out of high-school to pursue her career in modeling. After moving to California she advanced to a career in movies. Constantly feeling the pressure to be thin Mirabel hasn't eaten breakfast or lunch in years. She prefers dieting to exercising because she never has enough energy to exercise. Mirabel recently became interested in Kabbalah, because she hopes that it will protect her from the 'evil eye'. She feels that all of her friends are jealous of her and is afraid that their jealousy could jinx her future movie deals. Mirabel is currently looking for a cause or a charity that she can represent, but since she can only stand being around beautiful people she has a hard time finding one. She is also contemplating adopting a child from Brazil, because she thinks that that's the only way to insure that the child will grow up to be good-looking.
