It is no secret that NYC Artist Jeremy Penn finds inspiration in beauty and iconography. Penn has been painting French icons for the past 6 months for a series that he plans to exhibit somewhere in Paris this summer/fall. Penn’s goal is to complete a few more portraits before bringing his art series to the city that inspired it.

Penn has already completed portraits of the following French Icons:

Serge Gainsbourg | Brigitte Bardot | Jane Birkin | Catherine Deneuve

The latest portrait of Emmanuelle Béart is still untitled. Check out the painting process video below.