We were given an assignment where we had to reference a historical art painting. I was trying to find a painting that I could do something like a beauty or fashion shot with, then I came across Tom Wesselman and the paintings he did on women smokers. He has an entire series of them. I picked Smoker Study #9 to recreate. I decided to take a more pop art inspired feel on mines. I really liked how it came out.

Here is the original

Here is mines