Glamour illustrations with an Art Nouveau flair evolved out of a painting for Charleston Magazine, originally created to promote the Annual Charleston Fashion Walk. Banks' illustration featured a 1920's flapper strutting the runway of the pictureseque cityscape dock and was sold during the following Spoleto Festival USA at St. Matthew's Tea Room.

This prompted the creation of a new series of "Fashion Ladies" with seasonal themes, commissioned by a Los Angeles-based art distributor and quickly licensed to vendors throughout the country, including JCPenney, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Ariel of France and Arts & Artifacts Catalogue. Banks' fashion ladies have been reproduced as canvas giclee prints, 3-D resin wall plaques and framed prints. These Art Nouveau-esque themes are the current focus of Banks' newest series of paintings featuring glamour lady scenes from London, New York, Venice and Paris.

Click on the gallery to the left to view samples of Banks' glamour and fashion inspired illustrations.