This is the illustrious Nina:
Nina + crew, tri-x in the mamiya 645af
And Nina’s Palette is her new website.
Nina is my friend Jessica’s sister. You’ve met her before, too. And here she is, headless. Ain’t she purty (despite the dust on this negative scan)?
Jessica and her Yashica. Me, and my tri-x and my Mamiya. Arigato.
And to complicate things, they also have a younger sister who is also gorgeous and fabulous. (And she’s my little brother’s age, so I’m working on a set-up plan, because then we’ll be related. Except she would be all, “Yeah, dude. Get in line,” and he would be all, “whatever.” So forget it. Forget it, already! And anyway, this is all about Nina.)
BECAUSE, LOOK!!! She is featured in OnMilwaukee.com today!
A few weeks ago, Nina and Jessica kidnapped my children and helped them make self-portraits on 16×20 canvas. And besides being blown away by the joy of it (the art, of course, not the missing children), I felt a little inkling of you are on to something here, my friend. It was the collaboration with kids that I sensed, I think, and I knew she was in her element.
Shortly after, she created this beautiful painting with her son, Malachi. When I saw it, I had chills. And also maybe I cried a little. Or a lot. Do you ever get that feeling, when someone you love touches something within themselves that you know is soul, and is purpose, and is divine . . . and then shares it with the world? Oh, it is a really good feeling. An all-is-right-with-the-world feeling.
Go read her story. I think you might just cry. A little.
collaborative acrylic painting by Nina and her son, Malachi
