Woman Hiding In Collar

I. View from bottom of staircase

II. Close-up view

III. Detail

There's also a version of this stencil somewhere on a canvas. This was the very first one I made using a real face, so it's definitely not great. But, I put it up here to show what one of these designs could potentially look like on a wall. The obvious fault here is that the woman's head is cut off by the frame of the stencil, which is further exposed by the black ring around the image. However, I think the streak of red really fortifies the whole frame, and provides some extension of the image beyond the subject herself. While I sprayed this one, I used a really old adhesive, which left some streaking and residue on the paint. I've since switched to a different adhesive spray.

Most people ask why this is called "Woman Hiding...", and it's because she's pulling her collar to hide her face. Someone thought this looked like Bob Dylan. My favorite part about this stencil is the hair, which I just cut all by hand instead of using the hair from the original transfer image.

Black and red spray paint on wall
Cambridge, MA
Summer, 2007