"I've decided what to do with my life. I wanna be a cleaner." – Léon: The Professional (1994)

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Early release of one of the portraits that will be on display at my upcoming cinema-inspired solo show! I've been working extremely hard on this project for the past several months, and it's great to be able to finally show some pieces.

Léon is one of my absolute favorite movies and it is Natalie Portman's breakout role (and most interesting performance, IMO), so if you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it! Digital painting [link] from references [link], Adobe Photoshop + Cintiq 21UX tablet, approx 16-18 hours. Please note the actual title of the piece is the movie quote up there, sadly dA titles don't have enough characters (nor do they allow special characters like "é".... grrr!)

The opening reception for the show ("MOMENTS" by Alice X. Zhang) is on Friday, June 7th at Bottleneck Gallery. If you are anywhere in the NYC area at that time, I would be delighted to see you! Admission is completely free, more information and RSVP at the event listing.

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