Melinda Cooper. Acrylic paint on 18" X 24" stretched canvas. Art by Coyote Duran
I don't know about those of you whom draw and paint but I've always found women more difficult to render than men. Men are historically simpler to me because - let's face it - you can get away with deeper shadows and depth in the face. Not so much with the ladies.
There is an undeniable smoothness to a woman that has to be gradually and subtly defined. And anyone attracted to the female persuasion can attest to this being part of the attraction. Perhaps it's also why we have a tendency to wince when we see this beautiful gender get socked right in the mush.
However women have been fighting for decades in shorter rounds - and much shorter pay - than their male counterparts. And this drive to prove themselves just as worthy as said counterparts has been wielded by boxers like Sue Fox, Christy Martin, Laila Ali, Heather Hardy, Holly Holm and Claressa Shields among so many others. And I figured why not pay tribute to them with as much enthusiasm as I do male fighters?
Enter Melinda Cooper.
