Welcome to my first ART NEWS collection launch–includes everything you need to know
This collection was borne from the desire to play with different techniques and materials with a unifying theme which was to feature classic black and white Hollywood icons that have left an impact on me personally. I'm sure that you'll also resonate with their stories and legacies.
May I present to you some of the best in show business:
The Saddest Girl in the World
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This piece is inspired by the iconic Marilyn Monroe. The flowers depicted over her eyes are marigolds. Marigolds can symbolize positive emotions such as happiness, joy, optimism, and good luck. However, they also symbolize darker emotions such as jealousy, grief, despair, and mourning which I felt was the perfect flower to depict Norma Jean due to her sad, yet glamorous life story.
"If there's one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman. "
Let Us All Unite
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This piece is inspired by the the affable Charlie Chaplin.
"Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!"
Final speech from The Great Dictator
Starman
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This piece is inspired by the alien, David Bowie.
“Glam really did plant seeds for a new identity. I think a lot of kids needed that—that sense of reinvention. Kids learned that however crazy you may think it is, there is a place for what you want to do and who you want to be.”
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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This artwork is inspired by the vaudevillian, Judy Garland. First known as Frances Ethel Gumm, she was born in 1922 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The pressures of early stardom affected her physical and mental health from the time she was a teenager; her self-image was influenced by constant criticism from film executives who believed that she was physically unattractive and who manipulated her onscreen physical appearance. Judy had one of the most successful careers but also terribly sad as it was interspersed with abuse, divorce, debts and drug overdose. Despite all that she was going through personally, she left an amazing legacy and impression with one of the most iconic singing voices and acting styles of her time.
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
Ready Freddie
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This piece is inspired by the Queen, Freddie Mercury. Born as Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town, Zanzibar, his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964, moving to Middlesex, England. Through his career with Queen, her play an estimated 700 concerts on of the most noteable being Live Aid in 1985.
“Years ago, I thought up the name Queen...It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid...It's a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it.”
Moon River
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This piece is inspired by the elegant Audrey Hepburn. A true humanitarian, her early work as a ballerina aided in the Nazi resistance during WWII. Later in her career, Audrey conducted important work as a goodwill ambassador through UNICEF focusing on the needs of children as she received international help when she was a child victim of war.
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”
Open Commissions
I would have loved to do other icons such as Nat King Cole, Barbara Streisand, Madonna and more. The list is endless, but for now if you'd love to commission a Hollywood wall candy of your own, please send me a message.
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