Adam Mossbridge pointed me towards the above image, and I thought it was interesting enough to post:
This is a naked PR ploy. I consigned a Jackie Ormes painting to an auction house for their inaugural African American Fine Arts auction. The sale is on Feb. 6, 2006 at Swann Galleries. Still, in my research I have not been able to find any other examples of her fine art work, though I believe they exist.
Given that it has Jackie Ormes Features on the back, it's quite possible that it was featured in a panel of a comic strip. I've heard that she featured her own paintings in the background of other strips.
I've shown it to several experts, including Trina Robbins and Nancy Goldstein (who is writing a book on Ormes). They agree it's consistent with her paintings.
I didn't know that Ormes featured her work in panels of comic strips, nor was I aware -- or I had forgotten -- that someone was working on an Ormes book. So I'll file that information away and maybe one of you out there will buy the painting.
