SOPHIE LA GIRAFE is an iconic French teething toy that basically EVERY French baby has owned for the past 50 years. I paint in a style I call "RETRO POP" and this is the perfect subject for me.... Using the iconic Girafe image and shape - but playing with it. Here I imagined that SOPHIE is now a rebellious teenager - with a punk vibe, piercings and spunk - hanging out in the Belleville neighborhood of Paris - by the AUX FOLIES bar where all the sprayers and models mix. There

Here are my latest commission paintings with that extra personal touch This custom painting is from my IV LEAGUE - PARTY FOR ONE series .... A Prosecco "Bag" with a hidden Scorpio symbol. birth year, birth place and initials of this sassy collectress....SOOO much fun to create! And a few days earlier I finished this "FLORIDA SUNSET" personalized down to the collectors name For that "Five o'clock somewhere" feeling So I hope to paint your "Art that makes you smile" personalize