Barfly

gorgeous colours…

Honestly. Her eyes are telling me to nick off and that she is not in the mood!!!

Great work. Really, really like this one.

she is trying to tell me something.

you have the magic in your art

fantastic and haunting – she’s definitely seen the world

freakin awesome … love the green skin tones… what does her eyes say to me? fatigue

Hello thank you all for your comments.
I’m so pleased you like her,she haunted me for 12 months before I managed to get her out of my system.

oh! i love a good haunting out of the system piece – this is great, i love the colours. there a certain relaxed vibe to the piece also.

She told me she’s a Jazz Singer…
Great picture, I like the expressive qualities.
Very film-noir like, it’s a nice nostalgic piece

Maxwell, she would tell an attractive man anything she thinks he wants to hear;)

She looks like she has experienced a lot in her life and is maybe tired and reflecting on times past. I love the colours in this one Shanina, really beautiful piece:)

Your so talented and this is superb…tiger-girl ;)

Definitely world weary – great pic!

weary sophistication and poise.. lovely

Has a nice Modigliani feel to it Shanina and she’s quite the vixen!
Nice work!

Hi Leith, thank you;)

BRILLIANT – BRILLIANT – BRILLIANT – can’t say enough good things about this, Shanina.

your work is amazing! this is just fantastic…

Hi Nicole, thank you, glad you like the wayward girl;)

Hauntingly elegant..

Shanina, really love this painting…there’s so much in her eyes, sadness, or like she’s digesting something in her mind

Hi Brett and Jessica, I’m glad to see you like her, she’s one of my favourites…

Very cool. Excellent and I’ve definitely seen her around!

she’s damn cool shanina!

Thanks Ange and Mariana, she’s a cool operator;)

I have seen her in many cities myself, great work and thanks for your comments on my work, its means alot coming from a woman of your caliber, Thanks

This amazing work. I love the “feel” to it!

Her eyes say” Vous vilstou frum ma laiben”

shanina can you email you phone number of i will email you mine ?

So good that it’s difficult to watch. It moves you so.

this is cool great work !

Just my type of art,colurs,shades and slite distortion of the image GREAT WORK

Haunting….

Hi Shanina, what can I say – this is just marvellous…reminiscent of much of the solace and melancholy you might encounter in classic fin de siecle art, but with a more contemporary palette and edginess. I love this..PR

Thank you all for your comments,
I’m so glad you like this and as soon as I’ve finished learning more of the digital stuff I’m looking forward to throwing some paint around again.
So glad to like my style, I know it’s not everyone’s taste.

Really love the mood, colours and style here. Your digital art is amazing too, i also like beauty secrets. I have no idea how you do it, but the ideas and execution are great.

wow really great sort of a idea like picasso very very early work of people in pubs/bars etc good one!

Fantastic work!
Can’t explain how much I love this piece.
Bravo.

Oh…. the emancipated look of disgust, of I’m still here, adorned in lippy red, cleavage revealed and I know the routine will be no different…

Wonderful work, very powerful imagery…

HI Sarah, thank you,my first love is oil but I’m enjoying experimenting with the digital .
Thank you madvlad…you see her around in a lot of pubs and bars…not that I frequent them …often lol!

Hi Mark, thank you…she haunted me for ages before I painted her;)

Thank you LisaG…you read her so well…but still she persists…perhaps why is the question…

Fantastic painting! Feels like there was a core of beauty and wonder within, but the years of cynicism and defensiveness have made it shrivel.
I like this work; the style and colours are perfect for the mood!

Awesome. I can read sadness in her eyes….she looks alive. Fantastic work!

This is a very striking painting. Quite compelling and disturbing… Love it

this is fantastic… the colour is what drew me in then the delicateness of her wrist and her jawline. You’ve got colour, composition and line down pat!

love the red :)

cool beans, love it
Ruben earl

ooooooo! This is very neat.

Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments, she is one of my all time favourties ;)

WOW, the support you have received has been incredible and rightly so..this painting is very striking and i love the colors and your style of blending…the mood is very ominous…i get the sense that this person is a bit “touched”....but in a good way! thank you for sharing your talent!

A life full of dreams…. A soul full of sorrow. Fabulous!

Fantastic Art Shaina,..really stands outs and she’s looking at me straight in the eyes!!! WOW! Impressed by your talent!

Hollywood, thank you, I supposed she is a bit ‘touched’ in every way;)

HI Michelle, sadly it’s true for many people, thank you for your comment;)

Hey Panteli, thank you….. yes she is looking at you, she reaches out to any male to fill the void and any woman for understanding…t

....you can see she drinks too much…doesn’t sleep well…not a big eater….and definately very sad…too much regret….amazing job you have done to evoke such a story with your paints….Wonderful work!!!!

Hi Shanina. I just wanted to say, for anyone thinking about buying this work, it looks spectacular in print, even better than on screen. Those glowing eyes are mesmerising.

I love the expression—the eyes seem to call for sympathy and yet warn you away. The way you’ve elongated her limbs is really effective.

Great job, great pose, great colors

Stunning work of art! Congrats!

this is a very different style Shanina – just love where you are going here… great muted tones and a superb artistic appeal! Great style – this is a wonderful piece of work!

Beautiful art, magic sad eyes

Brilliant! It reminds me of a Modigliani… I think it’s the long graceful proportions.

Rare, strange, fascinating…..........

Very dramatic :) I love the colours you have used it help create that atmosphere..

This is a fantastic painting…emotion filled face, great tones, light and a story too boot…

Fantastic work!

Hi and thank you all for your wonderful comments, I really appreciate your thoughts;)

That look says to me “I’d like to trust you, but I’ve been hurt too often. Life has taught me to be cynical, so just keep your distance please.” Great work, Shanina.

appealing…. Picasso comes out through shapes and it’s good. her eyes are too sad and it feels like she’s going to weep.

This is a beautiful painting; I love the colors.

“Here comes another one. Let me play with him a while and then chew him up and spit him out, just like all the others. Sigh… it’s all too easy and predictable… where is the man I don’t want to spit out?”

oh, boy, do I love this… wow, tragic, elegant, rheumy-eyed human dignity slipping into darkness, the eyes red as an open wound, her shadow the color of poison.. blablablah – what I’m trying to say is “Nice painting!” Great title. I’m a fan of every form of artistic expression so long as it’s black & white photography with lots of shadows – okay, and Rembrandt & Vermeer – and this. bravo!

Love this, colours are superb. .........eyes ….”please hurry up and get this painting over and done with, I have other things to do.”

A very striking painting…wish I knew if it was acrylic or oil? It has a ‘glow’ about it…quite haunting.

she may know some of us better than we think. extemely well done!

Wow this is good Shanina.

this is fantastic!!!...really excellent….....

WOW.

WOW—GREAT WORK.
sharon a.

i love this one you can really feel her

Thank you all I’m really pleased to see she is still speaking to you;)

I Really like you work Shanina, this is my favorite of them all. It’s looks like you have fun with your process.

Heheh, We do get away with a lot of freedom, one of the rewards for being who we are.

just great !

you have an awesome gallery…this piece is quite intriguing…very well done!

Very nice artwork…outstanding colors!

Absolutly fab.

love this one, great work!

Stunning. Awesome work. Love the colours and her eyes. Wow.

such a compelling, expressive artwork Shanina. I love the muted colours, strong angles and mood. Very emotive work. :)

how can one not love this work

Great ! I really like the colour scheme, the details and the sorrowful expression.

Sad and lonely with haunting hollow eyes a social vampire ready to latch on to the latest high. Awesome reds! Sorry that I missed this one earlier. It was sort of a natural progression From here to Emerald.

Outstanding, brilliant work of art!

Great image !

This was the very first piece of artwork I saw when I came to redbubble. I fell in love with it. So delicate and hurt. Sitting there in so much darkness, with great sadness in her eyes. The colors are awesome, breathtaking, and disturbing. She really speaks to you without saying a damned thing. She is sad and tired. I didn’t comment then, but I remembered her, and I came back for her. Your artwork is wonderful. A fan. Smiles from Jane.

I went back for one more look before I left, and I’d like to say one other thing that I think really captivates me about her, SHE GLOWS. Is it just the bar lighting, I don’t think so, I think it is her sad and tired soul shining out of the darkness of her environment. Hauntingly beautiful.

Excellent work. I love those bloodshot eyes. Great mood

reminds me of a painting by Otto Dix.. I cant remember the title… but gave me the same feeling. nice colors

I just have to have this. so Lovely

oooooh, she married a rich man .. for money .. he had a mistress .. she became very unhappy .. she’s bitter now

but thin

GODDAMN HER !!

lol

your work is just incredible !!

wonderful!

It has a story that tells itself…very successful piece here

interesting portfolio, this one stands out

You paint like a goddess….it’s even more amazing than your CG art…

POS

yep! thats a barfly alright. We get ‘em in Adelaide too, they make out like they want to talk to you then when you approach them they tell you to fuck off in order to establish themselves as far superior to you. They make sure everyone witnesses this exchange of course then go on sipping their drink. I think its just self defence, any intimacy would crack their marble face.

very emotional picture, love it !!!!!

Hi Shanina , just checking out your wonderful portfolio and must say you have great artwork here ….I love your style and admire your talent ! Bravo !!!!

Love those brimming eyes.

The work deserves so many comments, great job.

had to come back to this ….what a magnificent art style… love the tears welling up in the eyes… you’ll need some pretty big buckets to catch them in. SENSATIONAL!

Beautifully orchestrated and fantastic match for the words. Well done.

Sweet colors

the best portrayal of a personality I have seen in a long time, great work

Love the green hue on the flsh and the bird like claw of the hand wonderful character capture…

Striking and appealing, especially in the colours and the eyes.

Every barfly is a human being with a shattered ego, trying to face the pain within. Putting up a smile casual converstiona and laughs and sipping drinks, putting up a mask of selfdefence, lets not be quick to judge anyone can end up there. You portay this woman with great epos and in one of the seldom vulnerable moments she shows the world excellent work, nice portfolio, I will be back
Paul :)))))))))))))) a fave a fave a fave

what fabulous expression u captured in her eyes…sadness, loneliness, confusion, wonder and even hope…...how well you executed this painting….there are so many “barflies” and they work hard to cover their truest emotions…makeup, drinks, whatever necessary….deep inside so much of both emptiness and fullness, and a sense incompleteness….absolutely excellent and thought provoking work..i find this piece very emotive and moving

such beautiful pain….

You are such an amazing woman. we all see ourselves.. one time or the other here.. wow! This is what moves me to want to know more about you and your great works!!

What can one say … This is truly beautiful!

Kirrill D’Kainn.

Excellent!!!

A definite fave. Love it!!

so beautiful, love how the colours have created this amazing mood here. so much character. ;-) xox

She reminds me lady from Absinthe Drinker by Picasso, maybe her daughter?

G O R G E O U S !!! Your work is, as ever, stunning :-D

This is beautiful

Amazing. She looks like Diamanda Galas!!!

HA AHAaaaaaaaaaa I think I almost married her. . . . Scary!
you captured her to a tee

Was just tooooooooo close for Compfort except for the Southern kind.

The cream always rises, i keep seeing or remembering this , bloody good.

true artist …...........

awesome image! she reminds me of Cruella de Ville!!

I’ve met Her… thanks a lot!

yeaah, she’d…and not only tales..;)

OMG shanina, i can’t believe i missed this amazing work . . . this is so brilliant darly girl . . . i’m going to have to revisit your “barfly” sweetie . . . what an interesting lady she’d be to hang out with
love your new avatar gorgeous girl : )
xXx

F A N T A S T I C

Incredible work sweetie x

I can’t believe I didn’t see this one. So mysterious. Love the boldness of the colors. Keep them coming.

amazing work…. she was decieved, betrayed, rejected, beaten down and lost her will to even try to audition …. i see a lost, confused woman, that was once very elegant and seducing. her body structure, thin curves and pose are pure seduction, but the look in her eyes kills u from inside she is too beat …. her eyes are empty they jst reveal sadness no dreams no hope no stare jst pure sorrow….

I so enjoy your 3D work but you must paint and sketch more often. I am so inspired and in aww with your talent. It is so hard to find the time to do it but the end result is so rewarding. xoxo

“Inspite of all my fears,
I’ll continue to walk through life,
wiping away those saddening tears,
purge away the bleeding knife
that keeps feeding on my beating heart
stealing away all i have left, every single part
fighting the demons that haunt my soul
chasing after the dreams that i still own
i’d erase all the hurtfull memories i behold
even if it seems out of reach, i will insist
i will have faith and still aim not to surrender
temptations that sell me away, i will resist
for i will stand strong, hence my body is my mind’s defender
i’ll create my own warmth in the damn lonely cold,
for i am woman …
A woman who has a breathing core…..

thats a special dedication for your amazing artwork, i agree with u that there are alot of women just like her?! and that goes out for all those women to change

Perfect Rendition!

This is stunning, it’s the first painting of yours that I have seen. It just bowled me over when I saw it, jumped right off the page, wonderful color.

great work.

excellent artwork!

This is absolutely magnificent!!! Reminds me of a barfly I used to date!!! True!!! Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

She looks like she has given up on everything in life.
In other words ‘she has had enough.

Your portfolio is fantastic. This is my favourite today!!

The compliments of the blue and the orangy-red for eachother,the miserable,tire and disgusted emotion.sitting in the lonely contrast of light and darkness.Superb,Da’ling!

Oh my.

Such a really great illustration I like shadows colors!!

Great Painting.

Wow!

amazing portrait!

love this piece so much, had to visit again x

Absolutely top class! Love everything about this. :)

how can you not dig this ?absolutly awesome

makes you think a lot about life. GREAT!

so sad her look. stunning portrait.. makes you ponder of all those whom suffer and feel lonely and simply need a friend. is what I see here.. this is total beautiful work , and i love the light all around her.. amazing

excellent job, love it

i love that.
dark and mysterious