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These particular pieces focus on musicians who inspire her -- from the internationally known to close friends. The series came about, in part, because Century was getting tired of drawing herself in her long-running comic New Girlfriend."(New Girlfriend) is about my ex-girlfriends and my bad dreams, and that's pretty fun, but it has taken a lot of introspection and self-evaluation, which is typically not my forte," she says. "I feel like I would like to be a voyeur again, at least for a little while. Since I am the main character in New Girlfriend, I want to draw any face in the world that isn't mine; I love comics, but I love most art forms, and I want to do a lot of other things with art. I have yet to do a series of portraits, so this is another thing checked off of my list."
Century also shares that being "obsessively interested in music" gave her a solid way to wrap her head around a completely different subject -- one that wasn't about her life directly."Everyone I drew is an interesting looking person -- from Johnny Rotten and Nina Simone to local musicians like Married In Berdichev and David Mead -- and represents a sort of fan girl urge to pay them some kind of tribute," Century says. "It presents a series of new challenges to me as an artist, disciplining myself in a different way, attempting to find ways of expressing very different facial features conveying intense emotions, different body language. The paintings aren't copies of photos -- they're just people that are so iconic to me that I can remember their facial features and general dress sense, so I paint them out."
Sara Century's Musician's Portrait Series opens at 6 p.m. at Hooked on Colfax, and is free to the public. Molly Growler of Growler Records will be spinning records for the night. Pieces run between $50 and $100; the show will hang at the coffee shop until May 10th. for more information, visit the opening's event page on Facebook.
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