Barfly
.She’s seen around the world,in NY, LA, Chicago, Capetown, Paris, Sydney and Geneva…London too.
Perhaps she was a failed actress or a dancer or a singer…. perhaps she was abused by her husband,her lover or she wasn’t equiped to handle life….
Read her eyes to see what she says to you.
Image copyright © 2007 Shanina Conway. Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited
Available as a card, matt print, framed print canvas and poster.
Barfly belongs to the following groups:
Remodernist Painters, The Drawing Board and The Eyes Have ItAvailable for sale as Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
kookylane
what a great painting, she got presence, great pose, great eyes.
Jordan Clarke
gorgeous colours…
Adrian Rachele
Honestly. Her eyes are telling me to nick off and that she is not in the mood!!!
Great work. Really, really like this one.
Cliff Vestergaard
she is trying to tell me something.
Cliff Vestergaard
you have the magic in your art
Bridget a'Beckett
fantastic and haunting – she’s definitely seen the world
kathleen
freakin awesome … love the green skin tones… what does her eyes say to me? fatigue
Shanina Conway
Hello thank you all for your comments.
I’m so pleased you like her,she haunted me for 12 months before I managed to get her out of my system.
thickblackoutline
oh! i love a good haunting out of the system piece – this is great, i love the colours. there a certain relaxed vibe to the piece also.
Maxwell Edward
She told me she’s a Jazz Singer…
Great picture, I like the expressive qualities.
Very film-noir like, it’s a nice nostalgic piece
Shanina Conway
Maxwell, she would tell an attractive man anything she thinks he wants to hear;)
Kim Shillington
She looks like she has experienced a lot in her life and is maybe tired and reflecting on times past. I love the colours in this one Shanina, really beautiful piece:)
LostBoy1
Your so talented and this is superb…tiger-girl ;)
Helene Kippert
Definitely world weary – great pic!
Phil Eckert
weary sophistication and poise.. lovely
Leith O'Malley
Has a nice Modigliani feel to it Shanina and she’s quite the vixen!
Nice work!
Shanina Conway
Hi Leith, thank you;)
Lee Wilde
BRILLIANT – BRILLIANT – BRILLIANT – can’t say enough good things about this, Shanina.
Nicole Goggins
your work is amazing! this is just fantastic…
Shanina Conway
Hi Nicole, thank you, glad you like the wayward girl;)
Brett Squires
Hauntingly elegant..
Jessica Tremp
Shanina, really love this painting…there’s so much in her eyes, sadness, or like she’s digesting something in her mind
Shanina Conway
Hi Brett and Jessica, I’m glad to see you like her, she’s one of my favourites…
mrana
Very cool. Excellent and I’ve definitely seen her around!
Ange
she’s damn cool shanina!
Shanina Conway
Thanks Ange and Mariana, she’s a cool operator;)
Eugene Farrell
I have seen her in many cities myself, great work and thanks for your comments on my work, its means alot coming from a woman of your caliber, Thanks
Bridgett Ferguson
This amazing work. I love the “feel” to it!
rock
Her eyes say” Vous vilstou frum ma laiben”
Cliff Vestergaard
shanina can you email you phone number of i will email you mine ?
Lui Grande
So good that it’s difficult to watch. It moves you so.
halotraction
this is cool great work !
marco britti
Just my type of art,colurs,shades and slite distortion of the image GREAT WORK
Belinda Leopold
Haunting….
pwruiz
Hi Shanina, what can I say – this is just marvellous…reminiscent of much of the solace and melancholy you might encounter in classic fin de siecle art, but with a more contemporary palette and edginess. I love this..PR
Shanina Conway
Thank you all for your comments,
I’m so glad you like this and as soon as I’ve finished learning more of the digital stuff I’m looking forward to throwing some paint around again.
So glad to like my style, I know it’s not everyone’s taste.
Sarah Matthews
Really love the mood, colours and style here. Your digital art is amazing too, i also like beauty secrets. I have no idea how you do it, but the ideas and execution are great.
madvlad
wow really great sort of a idea like picasso very very early work of people in pubs/bars etc good one!
Mark German
Fantastic work!
Can’t explain how much I love this piece.
Bravo.
LisaG
Oh…. the emancipated look of disgust, of I’m still here, adorned in lippy red, cleavage revealed and I know the routine will be no different…
Wonderful work, very powerful imagery…
Shanina Conway
HI Sarah, thank you,my first love is oil but I’m enjoying experimenting with the digital .
Thank you madvlad…you see her around in a lot of pubs and bars…not that I frequent them …often lol!
Shanina Conway
Hi Mark, thank you…she haunted me for ages before I painted her;)
Thank you LisaG…you read her so well…but still she persists…perhaps why is the question…
Damian
Fantastic painting! Feels like there was a core of beauty and wonder within, but the years of cynicism and defensiveness have made it shrivel.
I like this work; the style and colours are perfect for the mood!
Momlee Bhattac...
Awesome. I can read sadness in her eyes….she looks alive. Fantastic work!
mare
This is a very striking painting. Quite compelling and disturbing… Love it
Jessica Shipard
this is fantastic… the colour is what drew me in then the delicateness of her wrist and her jawline. You’ve got colour, composition and line down pat!
Clare Bentham
love the red :)
Ruben Flanagan...
cool beans, love it
Ruben earl
nikirios
ooooooo! This is very neat.
Shanina Conway
Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments, she is one of my all time favourties ;)
Tami Montgomery
WOW, the support you have received has been incredible and rightly so..this painting is very striking and i love the colors and your style of blending…the mood is very ominous…i get the sense that this person is a bit “touched”....but in a good way! thank you for sharing your talent!
Michelle Duerden
A life full of dreams…. A soul full of sorrow. Fabulous!
Panteli Pyroma...
Fantastic Art Shaina,..really stands outs and she’s looking at me straight in the eyes!!! WOW! Impressed by your talent!
Shanina Conway
Hollywood, thank you, I supposed she is a bit ‘touched’ in every way;)
Shanina Conway
HI Michelle, sadly it’s true for many people, thank you for your comment;)
Hey Panteli, thank you….. yes she is looking at you, she reaches out to any male to fill the void and any woman for understanding…t
Care
....you can see she drinks too much…doesn’t sleep well…not a big eater….and definately very sad…too much regret….amazing job you have done to evoke such a story with your paints….Wonderful work!!!!
Kathleen Donnelly
Hi Shanina. I just wanted to say, for anyone thinking about buying this work, it looks spectacular in print, even better than on screen. Those glowing eyes are mesmerising.
grthink
I love the expression—the eyes seem to call for sympathy and yet warn you away. The way you’ve elongated her limbs is really effective.
Antanas
Great job, great pose, great colors
Carlo Cesar Ro...
Stunning work of art! Congrats!
Paul Vanzella
this is a very different style Shanina – just love where you are going here… great muted tones and a superb artistic appeal! Great style – this is a wonderful piece of work!
Per Einar Gunn...
Beautiful art, magic sad eyes
Carmen Cilliers
Brilliant! It reminds me of a Modigliani… I think it’s the long graceful proportions.
Catalin Soare
Rare, strange, fascinating…..........
Lis29
Very dramatic :) I love the colours you have used it help create that atmosphere..
Jewd
This is a fantastic painting…emotion filled face, great tones, light and a story too boot…
Helen Bascom
Fantastic work!
Shanina Conway
Hi and thank you all for your wonderful comments, I really appreciate your thoughts;)
Elaine van Dyk
That look says to me “I’d like to trust you, but I’ve been hurt too often. Life has taught me to be cynical, so just keep your distance please.” Great work, Shanina.
SNik
appealing…. Picasso comes out through shapes and it’s good. her eyes are too sad and it feels like she’s going to weep.
Mpenrose
This is a beautiful painting; I love the colors.
WiseWanderer
“Here comes another one. Let me play with him a while and then chew him up and spit him out, just like all the others. Sigh… it’s all too easy and predictable… where is the man I don’t want to spit out?”
shawhouse
oh, boy, do I love this… wow, tragic, elegant, rheumy-eyed human dignity slipping into darkness, the eyes red as an open wound, her shadow the color of poison.. blablablah – what I’m trying to say is “Nice painting!” Great title. I’m a fan of every form of artistic expression so long as it’s black & white photography with lots of shadows – okay, and Rembrandt & Vermeer – and this. bravo!
ginnymac
Love this, colours are superb. .........eyes ….”please hurry up and get this painting over and done with, I have other things to do.”
Anni Morris
A very striking painting…wish I knew if it was acrylic or oil? It has a ‘glow’ about it…quite haunting.
Carlos Solorza
she may know some of us better than we think. extemely well done!
alistair mcbride
Wow this is good Shanina.
helene ruiz
this is fantastic!!!...really excellent….....
Birgitta
WOW.
sra58
WOW—GREAT WORK.
sharon a.
debbie lacey
i love this one you can really feel her
Shanina Conway
Thank you all I’m really pleased to see she is still speaking to you;)
lightleake
I Really like you work Shanina, this is my favorite of them all. It’s looks like you have fun with your process.
Shanina Conway in reply to lightleake’s comment
Hi and thank you lightleake, yes i do have so much fun it should be illegal;)
lightleake
Heheh, We do get away with a lot of freedom, one of the rewards for being who we are.
MuscularTeeth
just great !
midnightdreamer
you have an awesome gallery…this piece is quite intriguing…very well done!
Mark Peterson
Very nice artwork…outstanding colors!
Jo Hoden
Absolutly fab.
Alyson Pearson
love this one, great work!
Mia1
Stunning. Awesome work. Love the colours and her eyes. Wow.
Louise Cooke
such a compelling, expressive artwork Shanina. I love the muted colours, strong angles and mood. Very emotive work. :)
collin
how can one not love this work
reflector
Great ! I really like the colour scheme, the details and the sorrowful expression.
Seth Weaver
Sad and lonely with haunting hollow eyes a social vampire ready to latch on to the latest high. Awesome reds! Sorry that I missed this one earlier. It was sort of a natural progression From here to Emerald.
Jean M. Laffitau
Outstanding, brilliant work of art!
Rosina Lamberti
Great image !
JaneAParis
This was the very first piece of artwork I saw when I came to redbubble. I fell in love with it. So delicate and hurt. Sitting there in so much darkness, with great sadness in her eyes. The colors are awesome, breathtaking, and disturbing. She really speaks to you without saying a damned thing. She is sad and tired. I didn’t comment then, but I remembered her, and I came back for her. Your artwork is wonderful. A fan. Smiles from Jane.
JaneAParis
I went back for one more look before I left, and I’d like to say one other thing that I think really captivates me about her, SHE GLOWS. Is it just the bar lighting, I don’t think so, I think it is her sad and tired soul shining out of the darkness of her environment. Hauntingly beautiful.
Shanina Conway in reply to JaneAParis’s comment
Thank you Jane, yes, the inner light is still shining and hopeful.
She is a loose portrait of a woman I knew, a great beauty who followed her heart, looking for love and only found pain. I can never reveal her name as the work reveals too much of her inner self.
But you can see elements of Barfly in women everywhere.
Thank you again for your wonderful comments;)
Paul (Quixote)...
Excellent work. I love those bloodshot eyes. Great mood
Shanina Conway in reply to Paul (Quixote) Alleyne’s comment
Hi Paul and thank you, bloodshot eyes from spirits or tears, perhaps a lot of both;)
Ja11
reminds me of a painting by Otto Dix.. I cant remember the title… but gave me the same feeling. nice colors
Robin Pushe'e
I just have to have this. so Lovely
PJ Ryan
oooooh, she married a rich man .. for money .. he had a mistress .. she became very unhappy .. she’s bitter now
but thin
GODDAMN HER !!
lol
your work is just incredible !!
Shanina Conway in reply to PJ Ryan’s comment
roflol! that’s brilliant…;)
ychty
wonderful!
Jason Hampton ...
It has a story that tells itself…very successful piece here
andreasphoto
interesting portfolio, this one stands out
Per Ove Sleen
You paint like a goddess….it’s even more amazing than your CG art…
POS
Shanina Conway in reply to Per Ove Sleen’s comment
Per, thank you and what a lovely compliment and I’m glad you like this, one of my favourites;)
Jim Marshal
yep! thats a barfly alright. We get ‘em in Adelaide too, they make out like they want to talk to you then when you approach them they tell you to fuck off in order to establish themselves as far superior to you. They make sure everyone witnesses this exchange of course then go on sipping their drink. I think its just self defence, any intimacy would crack their marble face.
Shanina Conway in reply to Jim Marshal’s comment
Yes, they’re everywhere Jamie;)
Aurora Pintore
very emotional picture, love it !!!!!
GittiArt
Hi Shanina , just checking out your wonderful portfolio and must say you have great artwork here ….I love your style and admire your talent ! Bravo !!!!
mistertrooth
Love those brimming eyes.
melbourne
The work deserves so many comments, great job.
Paul Vanzella
had to come back to this ….what a magnificent art style… love the tears welling up in the eyes… you’ll need some pretty big buckets to catch them in. SENSATIONAL!
amarica
Beautifully orchestrated and fantastic match for the words. Well done.
Bread
Sweet colors
collin
the best portrayal of a personality I have seen in a long time, great work
fatchickengirl
Love the green hue on the flsh and the bird like claw of the hand wonderful character capture…
wildago
Striking and appealing, especially in the colours and the eyes.
Paul Stephen ...
Every barfly is a human being with a shattered ego, trying to face the pain within. Putting up a smile casual converstiona and laughs and sipping drinks, putting up a mask of selfdefence, lets not be quick to judge anyone can end up there. You portay this woman with great epos and in one of the seldom vulnerable moments she shows the world excellent work, nice portfolio, I will be back
Paul :)))))))))))))) a fave a fave a fave
helene ruiz
what fabulous expression u captured in her eyes…sadness, loneliness, confusion, wonder and even hope…...how well you executed this painting….there are so many “barflies” and they work hard to cover their truest emotions…makeup, drinks, whatever necessary….deep inside so much of both emptiness and fullness, and a sense incompleteness….absolutely excellent and thought provoking work..i find this piece very emotive and moving
April Mansilla
such beautiful pain….
linaji
You are such an amazing woman. we all see ourselves.. one time or the other here.. wow! This is what moves me to want to know more about you and your great works!!
dkainn
What can one say … This is truly beautiful!
Kirrill D’Kainn.
BLYTHART, 24 days ago
Excellent!!!
David Logan Mo..., 7 days ago
A definite fave. Love it!!
aglaia b, about 17 hours ago
so beautiful, love how the colours have created this amazing mood here. so much character. ;-) xox