I spent June working on four paintings of Joleen and her mother Sari. They're finally done so here they come. Still trying to get Joleen to model once more, a slow motion task. I swear glaciers move faster. In the meantime, I have a lot of photos to work from. This one began as photo of her in shorts and halter. I started off laying it out as a straight nude. That hit a creative dead end. Then I got to thinking of making her a sleeping Gorgon. The problem there was the serpentine hair would have thrown the balance too far to the right. The gorgon aspect then triggered the idea of making her a statue. So, there we are! Caryatids are the statues of women that serve as columns in Grecian or Roman architecture. Rodin did a statue "Caryatid Who Has Fallen Under Her Load." That was a favorite of Robert Heinlein and appears on the original hardcover of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, which is where I learned the word. Oil on particle board 32" wide