BE COOL WITH WHO YOU ARE, BARBIE
BE COOL WITH WHO YOU ARE, BARBIE
ABILENE, Texas (Wireless Flash) Barbies official portrait artist is sending her fans a message: Be cool with who you are. Artist Steve McElroy who is licensed by Mattel to paint pictures of the gravity-defying doll will soon unveil a new abstract portrait of the doll that shows her with chunky ankles, a lumpy torso and a multicolored skin tone. He says the Be Cool With Who You Are Barbie portrait was inspired by all the questions he gets about whether Barbie is good for young girls body image. McElroy says this Barbie looks more like a real American woman and the theme is that a persons accomplishments are more important than their looks. Hell unveil the painting Thursday (Aug. 9) at the Grace Museum in Abilene, Texas.
Tue 08-07-01