Maria Painting

From the series, "Panhandlers of Harvard Square." Maria is the panhandler Kelly gave money to. She was very happy to pose for me, described the ten dollars I offered her as "the easiest ten bucks she ever made." She was concerned the painting would end up in the local newspaper–I told her no, hopefully, just a local gallery. She actually yelled later at a tourist she suspected of taking her picture. Her come-on was a monotonic "Spare charge please--spare change please," with mixed results from passersby. Her mood switched back and forth from pleasant to paranoid. At one point she yelled at a passing bicyclist with whom she had apparently had a run-in earlier. She threatened to call the police on him, he threatened to have her put away.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:7.1 W x 9.4 H x 1 D in

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