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Lorraine
Closing out a busy week here with something a little different with a sketch portrait of the Lea Thompson in her role as Lorraine Baines (McFly) from the Back to the Future film franchise. She was in so many iconic roles of my youth and I am so excited that she is...
Marty McFly
Happy Birthday to the legendary Michael J. Fox. Here is a portrait of him as Marty McFly (Clint Eastwood) in the "Back to the Future: III" from the BTTF film franchise.I have been working on a portrait of Michael J. Fox for a while now and was happily surprised that...
Jack Burton
Portrait of Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, paired again with John Carpenter, in his cult classic "Big Trouble in Little China".One of 3 films that Kurt Russell has made with the legendary director, John Carpenter. All of them are cult classics, despite some less than...
Deckard redux
Portrait of Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard as the protagonist in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner", the movie adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"This role was a calculated break from the persona that Harrison Ford had developed up...
Mid-2022 Illustrations
Mid-2022 check-in and some of the illustrations created during the first half of the year from pop culture and Hollywood blockbusters of yesterday and today.I continue to focus on the transposition of traditional techniques to their digital counterparts as well as...
Gaff
Portrait of the great Edward James Olmos as Gaff, the LAPD detective who initially corrals Decker in Ridley Scott's classic "Blade Runner". This was one of his first films after being a journeyman on television and his portrayal of Gaff was one of the highlights of...
Bodhi
Portrait of the late Patrick Swayze as Bodhi, the thrill-seeking antagonist in the 1991 action film, "Point Break". Directed by Katherin Bigelow and starred 2 of the biggest names: Swayze and Keanu Reeves. Swayze played the heavy in this one as the leader of a crew of...
Gandalf
Spent yesterday afternoon watching Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" extended cut yesterday. I had never seen this version and there was some fun things that answered some questions I had from the previous films, but it is a serious time...
Dino
Portrait of one of the original members of Hollywood's Rat Pack and half of the legendary duo with Jerry Lewis, Dino Paul Crocetti or more commonly known as Dean Martin.Growing up as a grandson of Italian immigrants, there were not many positive Italian role models in...
Darth Vader
Obi-Wan Kenobi's last view of his student, Anakin Skywalker, as he battles Darth Vader in his climactic scene on the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.I remember seeing this film on the big screen at the Loews theater in New York City as a kid. This movie...
Bruce Lee
Still working through a creative block these past few weeks. So, I painted a portrait of the great actor, activist, athlete, and martial arts master Bruce Lee in an homage to him and the great portraitist Tony Stella. Tony Stella has an amazing feel to all of his...
Halloween art book
My first licensed piece of art work for the Halloween franchise and part of Printed in Blood's Halloween art book collaborative.I remember seeing this as a kid and being scared out of my wits…John Carpenter changed the face of horror with this film and made a lifelong...
Blade Runner
Portrait of the great Rutger Hauer in his role as the replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott's epic film "Blade Runner".The late 70's and early 80's were a great time to be a kid. We had these great film makers like Lucas, Spielberg, and Scott who gave us these stories...
Taxi Driver
Been in a bit of funk lately, and trying desperately to get out of it. Not inspired much recently so I decided to experiment with a few subjects from the world of pop culture. This is a new portrait of Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle from Martin Scorsese's 1976 "Taxi...
Star Wars
Some days are better than others. And then some days, you got nothing. Feeling incredibly unmotivated, I turned to one of my favorite themes, "Star Wars". Using my creative block as an opportunity to illustrate solely with my intaglio technique in creating this...
Hannibal Lecter
Portrait of Anthony Hopkins as. the serial killer Hannibal Lecter from Jonathan Demme's thriller "Silences of the Lambs".Anthony Hopkins' portrayal as Hannibal Lecter was a cultural phenomenon. His ability to transform from an erudite conversationalist to heartless...
Boushh
Portrait of Boushh, an Ubese bounty hunter that Princess Leia impersonated in her attempt to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt's palace in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi". This piece will invariably be used in a larger illustration at some point soon. The portrait...
Ellen Ripley
Portrait study of Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley talking to "mother" from Ridley Scott's 1979 classic film, "Alien".This study was focused on the interplay of the paint and intaglio layers to build up details as well as focus attention. This continues to be an...
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