JANE DOE

JANE DOE

12" x 18"

Faber Castell brushes, Blickrylic fluorescent paint and General's white China marker on paper

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

16" x 20"

Staedtler #2B pencil, Winsor Newton Series 7 #3brush, Dr. Ph Martin Bombay black India ink and Faber Castell brushes on Strathmore canvas paper

A scene from one of my favorite Alfred Hitchcock movies. Newspaper reporter John Jones (Joel McCrea) is sent to England during the last week of August 1939 to find out if war is imminent. He meets the lazy correspondent Stebbins (Robert Benchley), who spends his time carousing instead of investigating and reporting. In this scene they meet in front of a hotel and Stebbins tells Jones he is having lunch with old man Clark of the international press.

Just then a woman (Barbara Pepper) comes out of the hotel and greets Stebbins "Oh there you are my darling! I didn't know whether to meet you in the grill or upstairs."

Jones sees what's up and says "Hmm. Goodbye Stebbins, goodbye Miss Clark."

Great subtle burn!