GIMMIE HALSTON!!!

THE STORY BEHIND THIS PICTURE IS THAT IT ORIGINALLY WENT WITH AN ALL HALSTON SERIES I STARTED YEARS AGO. SOME OF THE PIECES THAT WENT WITH IT HAVE SHOWN UP HERE. BUT I COULD NEVER MAKE IT WORK OUT THE WAY I WANTED IT TO, SPECIFICALLY THE RAIN. SO, I RE-DID THE PICTURE AS A FINAL THOUGHT TO THIS GIMMIE! SERIES AND IT WORKED OUT GREAT. THE RAIN FINALLY LOOKS AS GRAPHIC AS I'D WANTED IT TO BE ORIGINALLY.
HER LOOK IS MEANT TO BE KAREN BJORNSON-ESCE (ONE OF HALSTON'S MUSES)

PEN AND INK W/ LETRA-TONE ON BRISTOL BOARD

ALL ARROWS POINT TO HALSTON

WHEN I DRAW MY GIRLS, THEY ARE USUALLY EITHER VERY CHIC AND IN CONTROL OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT OR TOTALLY AT THE MERCEY OF AN INSANE SITUATION AND WAY OVER DRESSED FOR IT. THIS HALSTON ILLUSTRATION IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE LATTER. WHY SHE WORE A HAMMERED SILK HALSTON GOWN TO AN ARCHERY EVENT I'LL NEVER KNOW, BUT I'LL WAGER SHE'LL BE THE BEST DRESSED GAL IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM!!!

PEN AND INK WITH SALTED WATERCOLOR ON BRISTOL BOARD