Moreover, the sensuous curves of the sitters hair and clothing are echoed in the shapes of the valleys and rivers behind her. Since leaving the show, she has been pretty successful, as she is now the CEO of film makers Sierra Productions. Whatever you think you need, I will help you.". As artists distorted, disfigured, and played with reproductions of the Mona Lisa, cartoonists and admen exaggerated her further still. Sierra had been arrested for armed robbery. The Mona Lisas fame is the result of many chance circumstances combined with the paintings inherent appeal. Get bio information on Monalisa Johnson from 60 Days In including business info and details about her daughter's arrest and incarceration. She at first wondered about the motivations of the sheriff willing to do this. Alicja Zelazko is Associate Editor, Arts and Humanities, covering topics in the visual arts, architecture, music, and performance. Performer. ESSENCE sat down with Monalisa to discuss what her experience in prison was really like, what its like to have her only daughter behind bars and how she plans to cope with her life now and the six more years of her sentence that Sierra still must serve. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. She is already irritated and making a spectacle of herself. That the paintings home is the Louvre, one of the worlds most-visited museums, is a fortuitous circumstance that has added to the works stature. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Two years later an art dealer in Florence alerted local authorities that a man had tried to sell him the painting. She just said, "Hey mom, I'm okay." External events also contributed to the artworks fame. document.write("