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This is my first piece in my 'Femmes Fatales' series that I am working on alongside my paintings. Please check out my shop for more pictures and details on the necklace.
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Notice the contrast between these photos. In her spy portrait she lacks all the drama and glamour of her seducing portraits. They seem to be two different people.
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I've been using these photos for reference on the painting of her that I am currently working on. It will show her as a pair of conjoined twins, illustrating the full extent of leading a double life.
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Mata Hair was an exotic dancer and courtesan that lived during the early 1900's. As if her life as a seductress of many rich and famous men was not thrilling enough, she lived a double life as German spy during WWI. She is considered
the 'Femme Fatale' for her activities as a double agent code named H-21 led to the death of many soliders. I'm interested in the intense parallels of the eroticism and violence that ran like a electrical current through her life.
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