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This unique portrait of John Lennon is the first in my new series called POP-WOW!, featuring a bright pallet and initially created as vector art to allow for large blocks of harmonious color. I have been creating photorealistic portraits of celebrities since I was 12 years old, now it is a great pleasure to go a bit abstract yet still focussing on skill and craft. The entire acrylic image was painted free-hand with no masking whatsoever on a 48" x 48" canvas. Large blocks of color hit you in the face and Lennon is instantly recognizable, yet on closer inspection, the details around the eyes in particular yield a vast sea of colored blobs, a sharp contrast to the large polygons of vibrant color. The cleanliness of the line work is complimented by the white background, allowing the star of the show to shine. • I began with drawing the image on tracing paper and redrew the design about five times, perfecting as I went. • The drawing was then transferred to the canvas which means drawing it one last time. • I worked out a bright color pallet prior to the drawing, so I now had to execute that plan and adjust where needed. • When the painting was dry and signed, I gave it one protective coat of varnish. • The entire process took approximately 180 hours. As the original has been sold, prints are now being offered through Saatchi Art. This is a bold and happy piece of art that will bring peace and good vibes into any room you display it in. The owners of the original Lennon - POP-WOW! had just moved into a new house, loosing their previous one in the devastating Coffee Park fire a few years back. The painting now hangs on their large living room wall and is a major conversation starter, they could not be happier.
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:9 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:14.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a box. Art prints are packaged and shipped by our printing partner.
Ships From:Printing facility in California.
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I spent a good 15 years growing up in Cedar Falls, Iowa and drawing since I was six, self-taught for over a decade and winning awards along the way. At the age of 12, I would most often follow my mom to work on the weekends and spend hours learning techniques and styles from the professional illustrators at Hellman Design & Associates - my mom was a lead designer. This had a tremendous impact on my art. I mastered graphite, color pencil, watercolors and the airbrush. Winner of the National Safety Poster Contest. I have always surrounded myself with creative legends and learned as much as I could from them. With a polished portfolio I entered college for my AAA and BFA degrees. My new skills included advanced airbrush, drawing techniques and hyper realism in several different mediums. I won a gold medal in the VICA Skill Olympics for my advanced skills with the airbrush, awarded to me by President Ronald Reagan in Nashville, Tennessee in 1984. I freelanced while I was in college and got the education of a lifetime. An art director hired me to create several portraits for a magazine article. By the time I was finished, I had advanced tremendously and became known for my hyper realism style with color pencil portraits. I then moved to Hollywood where I became a much sought after illustrator and designer, creating over 2,400 movie posters, DVD/CD covers, album covers and print advertising. My commercial art career lasted for over 30 years and took me around the world, falling in love with Asia where I plan to retire. In 2016 I relocated to Santa Rosa, California for a corporate position as Senior Graphic Designer for a major pharmaceutical company. It was at this time that I became a resident artist at the Fulton Crossing Art Gallery and started painting and drawing like crazy, reinventing myself and perfecting my craft like never before. I was one of 24 employees to be laid off and decided to officially retire from commercial art and graphic design, pouring my heart and soul into painting and drawing. I have had two major shows at the gallery which expanded my audience significantly and brought me many new commission jobs. I have also began to paint larger and larger works, employing more advanced techniques as I go. I have been using graphite to create hyper real portraits since I was 12 years old, moving over to color pencil, then to airbrushed acrylics and watercolor.
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