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Art Show: Unmentionables:The Underwear Show

Happy nun - Unmentionable

by Loredana Mariotto

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Art: Happy nun - Unmentionable by Artist Loredana Mariotto
There’s a way to say here in Italy that says:” The dress doesn’t make the monk”… This is a watercolor appositely made this show, it’s inspired by a fact really happened to me when I was a young girl and used to spend some days during the summer with my friend Emanuela at her home near the sea in Tuscany. One day, I was hanging up my bikini after coming home from the beach and saw a nice g-string (quite innovative at that time) hanged there, as neither me, my friend or her mother used to use this kind of underwear I asked who was the owner of this garment. The replay to my question was like a frozen shower to me, because I discovered that the owner was my friend’s aunt that was in vacation there too. What shocked me was that the aunt was quite old and that she was a nun!!! That’s quite unmentionable and if I hadn't seen it with my eyes I would difficult have believed this, in this case we can say: “the dress doesn't make the nun” To paint this piece I used Arches High Quality 140 lbs cotton paper, Winsor & Newton asrtis's watercolors and black indian ink.

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