Princess Series #1 (continued)

Introducing...President Princess. I finished her a while back, but finally mustered enough energy to glaze & capture her on camera:




Here is the back story (from my etsy page):
Painted with acrylic paint on a 12x16 canvas, President Princess rolls up her sleeves for another day in the Oval Office. Today, she is signing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act (actually, Obama signed it on January 29, 2009). Two flags hang solemnly behind her as she sits at the gigantically intricate presidential desk. On the left is a photo of Prince Charming. He is in the East Wing hosting a NOW luncheon.
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For this princess series, I was both inspired & horrified by my nieces’ fascination with the Disney princesses.

I’ll explain:
One niece owned a small projector that showed snapshot frames of the Cinderella movie, and as she flipped from scene to scene, I read from a recapitulation of the classic fairytale. I was struck by the archaic storyline. Cinderella is a graceful, destitute orphan with abnormally small feet, & the dashing prince chases after her down the castle steps, as all men should…Hmph. I was especially appalled by the epilogue that followed the Cinderella story. It told of Cinderella’s wedding planning fiasco; she couldn’t find the right dress, pick the right cake, or send out the invitations on time. Then…Bibbidibobbideeboo! Her fairy godmother appears & fixes everything in time. Here I was planning my own wedding day – simultaneously, my 5-year-old niece was reading about this glorified legal communion as if it were the happiest day of every girl’s life.

When their princes are off play Fantasy Football, independent princesses have to face the world on their own. They have to snake their own toilets, wash their own cars, & wipe sleepy gunk from their eyes.

So I decided to paint a series of princesses performing un-princessly activities. I started with Pooping Princess but accidentally dropped lint all over it when I folded laundry. I tried again with Porcelain Princess, pictured below. Punky Princess, President Princess, and Premenstrual Princess are also or will be listed in my shop.

All these paintings are one-of-a-kind originals.

We princesses do more than sit on thrones like pretty dolls. We poop too.