April

This is a portrait of April done in 19 x 24" paper with pastels and crayon which I done in 2005.

The next piece was also done in 19 x 24" with pastels and crayon along with

watercolor markers. I tried to get the whole piece but it was too long and I had to scan it

small version. I will try to get the whole piece later.

These are illustration done by me in the fall 2005, which are three portraits of a young model name April Wilkner from New York Model Management and now currently with Race Mode Management which she modeled in Hong Kong and Japan as well as for Liz Claiborne, Maxim and wedding adverisements, etc, and occasionally does runway. She is of Japanese and Caucasian descendency. Her exotic beauty and facial expressions and artistic & soulful posing is what attracted to me and she became my favorite muse to work with. The 28 year old Wilkner was once a finalist which she placed 4th on the reality modeling show "America's Next Top Model" a protege of former supermodel Tyra Banks which was filmed during the fall 2003 and aired in January 2004.

These pieces were done with pastels and sprays in the background.The second piece was hard to get mainly because the file was very big and I had to shortened it.

If you really want to know about this young lady her link is http://www.aprilwilkner.com/

This image was originally done by charcoal and watercolor pens, this was from April Wilkner's 2004 Maxim photoshoot which showed her versatility as a model and shows how creative as a model and proved to be one of the best models from ANTM cycle 2.

April Wilkner in action 2007