Romeo and Juliet

This year, 2011, is the year of Anne Bonny and Calico Jack. Yet even as I embark upon the making of the ten paintings that will comprise this series, I am thinking ahead to new possibilities for bodies of work.

I have always wanted to do a project around Romeo and Juliet, and as research and inspiration, have been rewatching Baz Luhrman's film over the past few days. Here are a few of the images I love from his vision of Shakespeare's tragic love story.