"Miss Universe" mixed media 16" X 20". Miss Universe can be from any country in the world and is universally appealing. Though contestants wear clothing depicting their own country, the artist designed this apparel for any girl to represent the world. She possesses self confidence, beauty and compassion.
JOURNEY
“Maria” mixed 16” x 20" This painting is of and for Artist’s niece, Maria, to be utilized perhaps in her business? Mary Jean & Maria both love “eyelashes” and artist had the pleasure of modeling them for Sir Gordon Parre of London, England. Sir Gordon, a direct descendant of Her Majesty, Queen Katherine Parre, Queen of England & Ireland, was married to His Majesty, King Henry VIII. Painting completed 11.2022.
“Denmark In Love” mixed media on canvas.16” x 20” This girl of Copenhagen, Denmark looks attractive in her garnet/ wine colored dress, designed by Artist. Denmark is a kingdom in N. Europe, on the Jutland Peninsula & adjacent islands. Painting completed 12/7/2022.
"Cherokee Nation Girl" mixed 16" X 20". The artist traveled alone to the home of the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma (in approximately 1992 and under the direction of the Chief of the Cheyenne Tribe, Mr. Robert "Eagle's Heart" Prairie) in an effort to help her Mother, Maxine Brock Jacobs A.K.A. Mrs. Frank L. Jacobs (wife of former Mayor of Meridian, Mississippi).
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“PRAYER” mixed 16" X 20". Artist became influenced spiritually by a very fine Priest. As shown in this painting, Artist wanted to show being discerning (showing good judgement, perspicacity, insight) is necessary wherever one might be. Prayer gives us strength. Artist wanted to show a girl praying with her mind and soul. Completed: December 7, 2022.
"Bon Soir, Colette" mixed 16" X 20". Painting and fashion design completed in honor of French novelist, Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette (1873-1954) and for France. Colette is well known for her book entitled "GiGi". Colette said, "What a wonderful life I've had. I only wish I had realized it sooner". completed 6/20/2020
"Deep Pockets" mixed 17" X 10". Artist designed costume for a girl who works in a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada (or in any gaming facility in other areas). The oversized pockets are useful for a "casino girl" to carry chips for the gamblers. completed 9/28/2020
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"Dreamin" mixed 16" X 20". Painting completed in memory of song writer and singer, Selena Perez (of Mexican American Heritage).
"Apres' Ski" mixed 16" X 20". Painting completed in honor of Andery Molterer (of Kitzbuhl, Austria and Aspen, Colorado) Artist did painting for Austria (a republic in central Europe. Capital, Vienna) Fashion design by Jaishiama also.
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"Think Again" mixed 16" X 20". Painting of a young girl from Bulgaria (a republic in SE Europe). Like many of Jaishiama's paintings, they could be utilized and made into postage stamps for each country.
"Pink Lips Avec Pierre Bonnard" mixed 12" X 16". The magical quality of French painter Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), have inspired this painting.
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"In the Pink" mixed 16" X 20". This painting was done in honor of a Belgium beauty. Belgium is a kingdom in West Europe bordering the North Sea, North of France. cap. Brussels.
"United Arab Emirates" mixed 20" X 13". The girl featured in this painting, named Zaina, is waiting with her horse, Emir, to meet with Arab Chieftains. completed 9/28/2020
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"D'Oriental" mixed 16" X 20". Painting in honor of the restauranteur, Mr. Tommy Chu, A.K.A. "Mr. Chinatown", for Chinatown, New York City. completed 6/20/2020
"Amsterdam Red" mixed 16" X 20" This painting is of a girl from the Netherlands.
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BRILLIANT SILVER
"Celine of Ceylon" mixed, 20" X 16"
Ceylon is an island republic in the Indian Ocean, south of India.
Celine, a Ceylonese young Lady, is dressed in attire designed by the artist.
completed 3/21/2020
"Strictly Business" mixed, 16" X 12". The attire in this painting was designed by artist for a Meridian, Mississippi girl named Aaliyah Lee. Aaliyah is very talented and loves to sing jazz and the blues. She can perform jazz with a charming liveliness and move you to tears when she sings the blues. completed 12/1/2019
"Dancing" mixed, 16" X 20" Inspired by the music of a mariachi band, artist depicts a girl's love for dance and movement. She wears a native styled costume to enhance the beauty of her figure. completed 4/4/2020
LOVE/INTRIGUE
"The Bouquet" Alpine Girl (for Switzerland) mixed 16" X 20". For this image, the artist painted (from memory) her niece, Maria Rossini Stentz. This painting was inspired by Dorothy Frances Gurney's poem as follows: "The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's heart in the garden, than any where else on Earth. completed 4/11/2020
"Lady of the Blue Mosque" mixed 14" X 18". Artist was inspired by the city of Istanbul, Turkey... on of the most beautiful cities in the world ~ where East meets West. The Blue Mosque is one of the most famous structures in the world. Artist designed and depicted the apparel of the "Lady" to reflect the diversity of cultures. completed 9/9/2019
"Nevaeh Jamilah of Nigeria" (West Africa) mixed 12" X 15". Nevaeh: is "Heaven" spelled backwards. Jamilah: is a Nigerian name meaning... beautiful, elegant, graceful. Artist wants to captivate the viewer with her highlighted turban & mysterious way. begun 3/27/2019, completed 12/19/2022.
"Dangerous Portia of Pittsburg" mixed 7" X 12". Pittsburg, Pennsylvania is a "steel town" and the girls quite often can seem to be rough around the edges. Portia is a smart and strong girl, fully aware she's blessed with a nice appearance, which can make her a bit "dangerous". It takes a little more effort to care about how one looks when there are perpetual gray green skies above in winter. completed 10/19/2019
"Bianca of Brazil" mixed 16" X 20". Brazil is a republic in South America. Portuguese and Spanish people live in Brazil. Artist tried to express a young girl wanting to flee from her world into another. Bianca is ready to run to the "Rain Forest" where her love awaits. completed 8/13/2019
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"Nolvia of Nicaragua" mixed 20" X 24". There is a 92 mile long lake in Nicaragua named Lake. Artist depicts Nolvia (having just returned from the lake named Lake) being quite content with her jewelry on and her hair still wet. completed 8/1/2020
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"Reflections of a Bride" mixed 18" X 14". A wedding day is glorious for most girls, so artist designed this gown and headpiece for a young bride. completed 10/2/2020
FANTASY
"Regal Renaissance" mixed 20" X 16". Since the Renaissance was an artistic movement beginning in 14th century Florence and extending throughout Europe by the 17th century, artist tried to capture the style of a true "Renaissance Lady". artist designed this costume (with detail) to show a lady of cultural and intellectual interests with an attitude of confidence. completed 10/11/2019
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"A Flower of the Realm" mixed 11" X 8". A "Southern Lady" quite often wears flowers in her hair to enhance her beauty. completed 8/17/2020
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"Irenia of Iraq" mixed 18" X 14". Artist shows a young Iraqi girl looking like the personification of peace in a blue gown with gold jewelry. Iraq has a rich culture being north of Saudi Arabia and west of Iran. completed 4/23/2020
"Jean Loeb (with her horse), Angel" mixed 12" X 16". This is a "fantasy painting" from artist's mind of a dear friend, Mrs. Alec "Jean" Loeb of Meridian, Mississippi. Alec and Jean Loeb were very fine artists in Mississippi and both won awards. The two main Department Stores (for many years) were Marks Rothenberg and Alec Loeb's. Alec ran Marks Rothenberg in meridian, Mississippi. completed 1/1/2020
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"Senorita Isabel With Her Horse, Picasso" mixed 16" X 12". Since the age of three, artist has admired Pablo Picasso and she named the horse in this painting after the artist. Mrs. Riccardo "Isabel" Calderon is the lovely Spanish lady who inspired the artist to paint the girl and name her "Isabel" in this work. Artist designed this painting as a possible postage stamp for Spain. completed 1/13/2020
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"Stania of Yugoslavia" mixed 16" X 20". Stania and her husband, Janez, were friends of the artist when they all lived in New York City. Yugoslavia is a republic in South Europe and Stania was from Slovenia and Janez was from Croatia. The artist and Janez met while attending The New York Academy of Theatrical Arts together in the 1970s. Stania quickly learned American customs and her husband and artist also attended Lee Strasberg Institute together.
MUSIC AND PLACES
"A Style Reminiscent of Shania Twain" mixed 14" X 7". The artist remembers singer Shania Twain, looking lovely on a beach scene video many years ago, and attempts to capture her style in this painting. Shania Twain is from Canada and she was painted as a possible postage stamp in the future. completed 11/27/2019
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"Guatemala Girl" mixed 12" X 9" . Guatemala is a republic in North Central America. although "Guatemala Girl" was not originally endowed with sapphirine-blue hair, she does because she's unique. completed 3/8/2020
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"Uptown Girl" mixed 10" X 8". Artist likes Billy Joel's music entitled "Uptown Girl". This girl just had her hair styled and is dressed and ready to go uptown with an attitude. completed 2/27/2020
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"I'll Say a Little Prayer for You" mixed 10" X 8". Artist has always loved Dionne Warwick's song so she painted an African-American lady without her make-up. completed 2/22/2020
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“GREEN” mixed 20" X 16" “There once was a girl, Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle
Of her forehead,
And when she was good,
She was very very good,
But when she was bad,
She was horrid.
This painting is part of the Greg Cartmell Collection.
Painting completed July 11, 2022.
"Palestrina's Princess" mixed 10" X 8". Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian composer 1526?-94 who lived SE of Rome in Pranesta. Artist did this painting for her brother-in-law and composer, Joe Rossini for a birthday present this year. Artist designed the attire for the young girl hoping to enhance Palestrina's classic baroque music. completed 6/2020
"Cher" Cher is part of the collection of Simon Heaster.
"Le Jardin" mixed 20" X 16". Artist always kept a garden for her mom, Maxine, and she wrote the following: "4320 Poplar Springs Drive Where the birds thrive and the people barely survive... It's our refuge from the storm, It's where mother is with her smile so warm... It's where we built castles in the sand... Oh daddy, It's so grand." completed 2/15/2020
Red Hot and Rosa of New Mexico
"Red Hot" mixed 11" X 13". This was painted with the Museum of Modern Art in mind (as a good example of Modern Art for New York City) and for Mac Haik Enterprises of Houston, Texas and Jackson, Mississippi. The original concept was the way light plays on the planes of the girl's face at a gas station in Scottsdale, Arizona (where artist lived while attending Dental School at Arizona College for Medical, Dental and Legal careers in the early 1980s). Artist hopes this painting will be utilized as a postage stamp for Arizona in the future. completed 12/20/2019
“Elle of Roswell, New Mexico” New Mexico is a state in the SW United States. This painting depicts a friend named Elle, representative of a Mexican lady, in the apparel Artist designed. Painting is on canvas, 12” x 15”, completed 3/28/23.
Classic Girls/Classic Cars
"Aphrodite of Greece" mixed 12" X 9". Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of love and of beauty, identified by the Romans with Venus (also called Cytherea). Artist hopes "Aphrodite" will one day be made into a postage stamp for Greece, as she feels she is one of the loveliest paintings of moral and spiritual beauty she has ever been able to accomplish. completed August 2019-Sept. 2020
"Ready for My Rolls-Royce" mixed 10" X 8". Artist and family were friends of the International President of Porsche-Audi & Volkswagon, Malcom Pray, of Greenwich, Connecticut. Malcom Pray had, and the family still has, perhaps the finest collection of cars in America. On Saturday, Malcom Pray would take artist for a fun ride in one of his Rolls-Royces. Malcom had a great sense of humor (a capricious inclination) and would take a quick turn on Round Hill Road causing artist to slide (in the Rolls-Royce) all the way to the door... then he would take another turn thereby causing her to slide directly into him. A Rolls-Royce is still artist's favorite car (due to the happy memories with such a fine friend) and the classic elegance of the Rolls-Royce. In this painting, artist tries to depict a young girl's hair blowing in the wind while on her ride in the Rolls-Royce motor car. completed 11/1/2019
"Vivian's Moonbeam" mixed 12" X 12". This painting was commissioned by Mr. Karl Koch III for his beautiful wife, Vivian Koch. Artist attempted to capture Vivian's lovely face in this small portrait. Karl Koch III built the first (original) World Trade Center, the Robert Moses Bridge, etc. completed 12/20/2019
"Did You Say, Red Lobster?" mixed 9" X 12". This painting was done for the State of Maine (on the Atlantic coast). Maine is known for it's plentiful supply of lobster. As you can see... this girl's lobster turned out pink! completed 2/2019
Exquisite Ladies
"There She Is" mixed media 20" X 16". Bert Parks sang "There She Is - Miss America" for many years. This girl is ideal in that she possesses intellect plus beauty. Many girls from early childhood to the age of 25 aspire to become Miss America. completed 1/28/2020
"Bourbon Beauty" mixed media 20" X 16". For five generations, the Brock, Daniel, Jacobs, Rossini Family has enjoyed the fine cuisine of Galatoire's Restaurant of New Orleans, Louisiana. " Bourbon Beauty" has just dined at Galatoire's and she represents the best of New Orleans. She retrieves her cloak to escape into the mystical night air on Bourbon Street. completed 11/22/2019
