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~ Sorry, Not for Sale - One-Of-A-Kind Commissioned Art! ~
This artwork came about when the client gave me almost complete control over creativity. I basically got to choose the photos I worked from, along with the style. I was given minimal direction with color, red being the most prominent request. The gentleman in this portrait did lean toward my main reference photo being one with half a beard due to having what he said is a "complicated personality." Fair to say pretty much every human being has a complicated personality, but I get the idea - it definitely makes you wonder what's going on there. Plus, I am happy to do pretty much anything in art that I have not seen done before, and a half-beard qualifies. I purposely used several of my favorite Mod Pop Art staples in this one - color gradient ellipses, silhouette overlays, and floating heads! Furthermore, I feel that art done well either tells a story or asks questions about the scene or subjects, and with this one I at least attempted to do both. What is the significance of the blood-red ellipses in the background? Why is the center face so striking ... and radiating yellow, almost sun-like? Why are the two faces on either side also red? Why are there three faces at all? Why does he have just a half-smile, while his eyes aren't really smiling? What's with the half-beard? The beauty is that you can answer those questions however you like by creating your own back story. And for me, this might just be the beginning of a "3 Faces" series ...
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