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Mario Chavez - Mara Corday

Artist: Mario Chavez (Painter)

4 Comments  -   7,290 Views  -   1 Like


Mario Chavez - Mara Corday Comic Art
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Artwork Details

Title: Mario Chavez - Mara Corday
Artist: Mario Chavez (Painter)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Commission
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 7,290
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Comments: 4
Added to Site: 1/17/2013
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Continuing my theme, here is Mario Chavez' interpretation of Mara Corday. Let me start by saying that not only is Mario quite talented, he is very easy to work with and does great work!

Corday is a native Californian who went to Hollywood in her teens to be an actress. She was very pretty and quickly found work as a showgirl... which lead to her becoming a model that led to a bit part as a showgirl in a 1951 film. She became a contract player for Universal International Pictures where she had small roles in various B-movies and television series. Her sci-fi connection was roles in Black Scorpion and The Claw in 1957. A bit of trivia is that she was a longtime friends of Clint Eastwood and she appeared in several of Eastwood's movies including the brief-but-significant moment in Sudden Impact (1983), where she played the waitress dumping sugar into Harry Callahan's coffee in that movie's iconic "Go ahead, make my day". This image is taken from the 1957 movie Girls On The Loose where she plays the leader of a gang of women thieves. She is shown here in a classic film noir... under the street light shot holding a pistol.

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Frank Toast  
Member Since 2010

Posted on 1/18/2013

I love Mario's work.he is a great artist.This is a beautiful commission

Roy Mann 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/7/2013

A photo of miss Corday taken by Bruno Barnard of Hollywood was swiped by the master Gillette Elvgreen for one of his Calendar Pin ups. Please see about this the section "Swiping" in my gallery.

Wallace  Harrington 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/7/2013

Roy Mann wrote:

A photo of miss Corday taken by Bruno Barnard of Hollywood was swiped by the master Gillette Elvgreen for one of his Calendar Pin ups. Please see about this the section "Swiping" in my gallery.

I understand your point, and you are correct that artists have swiped from each other for centuries. I do disagree with your definition pf "swipes" including photo- or model reference. If you don't draw what you see... what do you draw. Many of the great artists used photos and models for reference... Raymond, Williamson, Frazetta. Are they all swipes?

Roy Mann 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/7/2013

Wallace Harrington wrote:

I understand your point, and you are correct that artists have swiped from each other for centuries. I do disagree with your definition pf "swipes" including photo- or model reference. If you don't draw what you see... what do you draw. Many of the great artists used photos and models for reference... Raymond, Williamson, Frazetta. Are they all swipes?

Probably there was a misunderstanding, and probaly the word "swipe" is not the right word in this case. I am the SAME your opinion about artists and models. What I noted is that in one book about the art of Gillette Elvegreen there is a photo of one of his model near one of his painting (see it in my gallery), but that painting was "ispired" by the photo of Mara and NOT by the photo of his model published in the book (!)

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