Digital Fabric Swatch for Peach, 2022

Peach is a reinterpretation and appreciation of historical paintings through a modern lens with digital tools (Procreate).

Seen: Hat inspired by the Portrait of Gustave Courtois, painted by Pascal Dagnan Bouveret, 1852 - 1929

The Basque beret, from 1800 to early 1900s, worn by Parisian artists. The Basque beret was the traditional headwear of Pyranese shepherds of southern France 17th century.

The beret is also seen as a revolutionary symbol.

Fumer (verb) to smoke.

Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BCE - smoke from fires filled the countryside as the opposing armies looted and pillaged, it is said to be the origin of the proverb, “Where there’s smoke there’s fire.”

Seen: Inspired by Sword, 1400, Western European, The Met Museum Arms and Armor Collection