Today my model humored me, she put on huge hoop earrings, hoping to fulfill the prophecy of her grandmother Maddalena, uttered 50 years ago. “You look like a gypsy!” As a gypsy, she told me, in accented English, that maybe it looks like her life is good, all she has to do is read palms for a living, but people are cruel to her, the police treat her like she is vermin, and her own grandchildren take her money. Her life is hard, she told me, but she appreciated that someone would take the time to paint her picture. She read my palm, she said it was identical to hers.
3 responses to “The Old Gypsy Woman – self portrait #6”
Love this. Soulful eyes that have seen much.
It’s Alfredo — in drag. Your eyes are wonderful! but how about fining a less serious subject?
You’ve made her in such a wonderful way that I want to meet and know her! She’s gorgeous.