Original Barbie

Original Barbie is an original acrylic painting on a repurposed 16" x 22" canvas — a portrait of the original icon, painted with knowing wit and bold colour. The figure fills the canvas close and tall — pale, stylised, unmistakably Barbie in her proportions and poise. Her hair is a voluminous golden updo, piled high and textured with thick, confident brushstrokes, one long blonde wave trailing over her shoulder. She wears oversized white cat-eye sunglasses with vivid blue lenses, perched on her face with the effortless cool of someone who has always known she was fabulous. Dark graphic brows, red lips. A large silver hoop earring hangs from one ear. At the lower edge, the graphic stripes of a black and white dress begin. The background is a wide, expressive wash of chartreuse yellow-green on the left and warm golden yellow on the right — vivid, energetic, entirely of its moment. Pure paint, pure Barbie, pure pop. A one-of-a-kind original by Branka, created once and never again.

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