Pop Art Portrait Paintings
POP ART STYLE
Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
- Started in Britain in the 1950s, flourished in 1960s-era America
- “This is Tomorrow,” at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, was reportedly the first Pop art exhibition
- A reaction to postwar mass consumerism
- Transitioning away from Abstract Expressionism
- Informed by neo-Dada and artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg; influenced postmodernism and Photorealism
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
- Bold imagery
- Bright, vivid colors
- Straightforward concepts
- Engagement with popular culture
- Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
- Richard Hamilton
- Andy Warhol
- Marta Minujín
- Claes Oldenburg
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Rosalyn Drexler
- James Rosenquist
- Peter Blake
- Roy Lichtenstein
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.
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Style: Pop Art
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 101B - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 35.5/47”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
"Vijay Path, " Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Vijaypath was a Bollywood action hit in 1994. It's critically acclaimed soundtrack topped charts across the world and became one of the most recognizable in India's history. The film...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Bright Eyed Ben 1/1
By TRANSPARENT
Located in New York, NY
Pigment Ink & Acrylic Canvas Gallery Wrapped over Custom Built Box. One of kind creation by the famed artist. Collected worldwide. Homage to Benjamin Franklin.
About the Artist:
Ultra Fine Money Artist TRAN$PARENT is an American based artist. He specializes in museum quality, ultra-fine money art. Specifically American denominations from the $1 to the $10,000 bill and with special granted requests the Million Dollar Bill. He also specializes in various rare and well known International currencies. Creating game changing revolutionary art has been his life’s passion and he illustrates it beautifully in his TRANSPARENT artwork depicting the front, back and middle security features of his bills. His TRANSPARENT Art is actually a metaphor for being TRANSPARENT with your loved ones, with your business associates, but most importantly with yourself.
He fine tunes each image to ensure the highest possible vibrancy and each image is personally quality controlled by him and is also hand signed and individually numbered. APs to Limited Editions his pieces are completely breathtaking and pop when viewed under regular or proper lighting. His pieces are not easy to come by and are becoming highly sought after. One of his many accomplishments was successfully orchestrating 12 different beautiful installations of his work at Miami’s Famous Art Basel 2018. His installations included being the featured artist at the opening night with the Miami Heat...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Expectation: Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Great Pop art work from the studio of this rising Polish artist.
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 37 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 40/40”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 58 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 40/40”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 100-Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 46.6/46.5”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 101A - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 35.5/47”
By Orit Fuchs
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv, a storyteller with a deep, pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression. Her medium spans the gamut - sculptures, pa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Giclée
"Breakfast with Audrey" Spray Paint, Acrylic & mixed media with Diamond Dust
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
We have listed this original Diamond Dust canvas by Ceravolo at a SPECIAL sale price for the 1stdibs Saturday sale. Timing is everything, if you are viewing this on Saturday the first day of the sale you can purchase this at 45% off of the regular gallery price.
This work titled "Breakfast with Audrey" is Acrylic, Spray Paint and Diamond Dust on canvas over a unique stylized photo.
The canvas measures 38x46" framed and is inspired by the Movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" starring Audrey Hepburn. The painting features two unique photographic images of Audrey. Ceravolo has hand painted in acrylic a Pop Art diamond ring inspired from the luxury ring on the Monopoly game board. Also as a POP ART reference to Tiffany and Company he has hand painted in acrylic a Pop Art style paper coffee cup with a cup holder painted Tiffany BLUE...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"American Rebel" Mixed Media James Dean Collage Composition on Panel Board
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a colorful collage composition portrait of James Dean, as Jon Davenport explores the process of deconstructing iconic imagery from the past and present. Davenport start’s out with photos of his paint-stained studio floor and collages in articles/advertising from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years; plus any other interesting stuff captured on his travels. He then transfers the images to a panel board, layering them on with gel medium, together with strokes, splashes, drips, and splats of paint. Once it's dry, another layer of gel medium is poured on to give it a melting effect. After it drys off again, another layer of paint is added to embellish a few areas and to accentuate or fade out certain aspects. And then, he finally adds a coat of polyurethane for protection and making the colors pop. This unique work is executed on a wood panel board and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower right.
Art measures 36 x 36 inches
From biology student to owning and running a creative agency in London to a career as a fine artist, life has taken Jon Davenport on a rewarding and unconventional journey. Despite his scientific beginnings, he’s always had a strong artistic streak weaving its way through his different career paths. Growing up in Ipswich, UK, Jon was always an avid drawer, and could often be found with a pencil and paper in hand. With the arrival of his first computer, he embraced the new frontier of digital art and had work published in one of those early computer magazines.
His creative urges took a backseat to get a biology degree at Brunel University in London. It was afterward, in his first job working at the Archant newspaper group in Ipswich, that he quickly progressed from plate maker to becoming an integral member of the art studio. It was during this time that he taught himself photoshop, desktop publishing, and graphic & web design. After a few years, he set up a design agency, and eventually went full time and moved to London. This proved to be a successful move, working for a number of clients such as Nike and Virgin, and gaining praise from the likes of Richard Branson and Tony Blair.
It wasn’t until Jon moved to the USA to marry his wife, Atlanta artist Christy Kinard...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Polyurethane
Missed Call
By Brigit Coons
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic spray paint and mixed media
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Happy Happy Me
By Brigit Coons
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic spray paint and mixed media.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Audrey with Stars" Mixed Media Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Panel Board
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a colorful collage composition portrait of Audrey Hepburn, as Jon Davenport explores the process of deconstructing iconic imagery from the past and present. Davenport start’s out with photos of his paint-stained studio floor and collages in articles/advertising from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years; plus any other interesting stuff captured on his travels. He then transfers the images to a panel board, layering them on with gel medium, together with strokes, splashes, drips, and splats of paint. Once it's dry, another layer of gel medium is poured on to give it a melting effect. After it drys off again, another layer of paint is added to embellish a few areas and to accentuate or fade out certain aspects. And then, he finally adds a coat of polyurethane for protection and making the colors pop. This unique work is executed on a wood panel board and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower right.
Art measures 36 x 36 inches
From biology student to owning and running a creative agency in London to a career as a fine artist, life has taken Jon Davenport on a rewarding and unconventional journey. Despite his scientific beginnings, he’s always had a strong artistic streak weaving its way through his different career paths. Growing up in Ipswich, UK, Jon was always an avid drawer, and could often be found with a pencil and paper in hand. With the arrival of his first computer, he embraced the new frontier of digital art and had work published in one of those early computer magazines.
His creative urges took a backseat to get a biology degree at Brunel University in London. It was afterward, in his first job working at the Archant newspaper group in Ipswich, that he quickly progressed from plate maker to becoming an integral member of the art studio. It was during this time that he taught himself photoshop, desktop publishing, and graphic & web design. After a few years, he set up a design agency, and eventually went full time and moved to London. This proved to be a successful move, working for a number of clients such as Nike and Virgin, and gaining praise from the likes of Richard Branson and Tony Blair.
It wasn’t until Jon moved to the USA to marry his wife, Atlanta artist Christy Kinard...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Polyurethane
Spiderman The Beginning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Vibrational Elevation
By TRANSPARENT
Located in New York, NY
One of kind creation by the famed artist. Collected worldwide. Homage to Benjamin Franklin and the Hundred Dollar Bill. Acrylic on Canvas Wrapped over Custom Made Box.
About the Artist:
Ultra Fine Money Artist TRAN$PARENT is an American based artist. He specializes in museum quality, ultra-fine money art. Specifically American denominations from the $1 to the $10,000 bill and with special granted requests the Million Dollar Bill. He also specializes in various rare and well known International currencies. Creating game changing revolutionary art has been his life’s passion and he illustrates it beautifully in his TRANSPARENT artwork depicting the front, back and middle security features of his bills. His TRANSPARENT Art is actually a metaphor for being TRANSPARENT with your loved ones, with your business associates, but most importantly with yourself.
He fine tunes each image to ensure the highest possible vibrancy and each image is personally quality controlled by him and is also hand signed and individually numbered. APs to Limited Editions his pieces are completely breathtaking and pop when viewed under regular or proper lighting. His pieces are not easy to come by and are becoming highly sought after. One of his many accomplishments was successfully orchestrating 12 different beautiful installations of his work at Miami’s Famous Art Basel 2018. His installations included being the featured artist at the opening night with the Miami Heat...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
And Forsake All Others
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lady Gaga, The Pink Panther and the Little Man
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BONE - Pop Art Illustrative Painting of Lips and Bone, Green, Purple, Red
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This painting by Elizabeth Winnel is compositionally similar to work she has created in the past- a set of lips at the center of the painting, mouth o...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Aston Bond - Commission - on wood panel
By Seek One
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Homage to the late great Sean Connery in his prize role as 007. James Bond. The car is Aston Martin.
About the Artist:
Seek One has been featured in Forbes, Maxi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
MARILYN MONROE PORTRAIT - POP ART STYLE PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Pop art style, late 20th century/ early 21st.
Title: Portrait of Marilyn Monroe
Medium: painting on canvas, unframed
Size: painting: 25.5 x 19.75 inches
Provenan...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
King Richie, Street Art, Pop Art,
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Richie Rich as King
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine British s...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Mans (Best Friend) Splaining
Located in Greenwich, CT
Mr. Peabody and Juliette Binoche cooking in the Way Back Machine
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Svelte Reflection - Figurative Abstract Contemporary City Woman Resin Painting
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith explores the area between Pop Art and Surrealism and expresses it in one-of-a-kind original works on canvas, paper or wood. With the use of found images he tells slightly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Heart Love Glow In The Dark Day
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She puts in play lines, circles and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
'Love 1.5' Framed Original Pop Artwork by PositivityAry
Located in Chattanooga, TN
'Love 1.5' Framed Canvas Original Pop Art features dried rosebuds forming the word "Love," adorned with colorful paint splatters in tones of purple, blush, blue, yellow, orange, and ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Mixed Media
"We're all Mad Here, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "We're all Mad Here" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an Alice in Wonderland figure with the Cheshire Cat smiling coyly...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hope Love Explosion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She puts in play lines, circles and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Silver Street with Abstract Background Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
Silver Street with Abstract Background Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artwork with a strong social comment...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Canvas
Freddie Mercury -Portrait Painting Colors Red Blue Brown White Orange Yellow
By Alexandar Inchovski
Located in Sofia, BG
".Freddie Mercury" is a painting by Alexandar Inchovski.
About the painting:
Style and Technic: POP ART, Contemporary, Acrylic on canvas
About the artwork:
Edition : Unique, signed
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Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Brigitte" Pop Art Portrait of Brigitte Bardot Décollage Painting on Canvas
By Gieler
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts famous French actress and model Brigitte Bardot. Done with beautiful expressive colors and a distinctive street art design, this piece pops with energy and romanti...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Eat! Pray! Die of Heart Disease!, Painting, Simpsons, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Homer Simpson with donut.
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine Bri...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"Lana Del Rey Born To Die"
By Pure Evil
Located in Houston, TX
Lovely portrait of Lana Del Rey with signature black tear by pop artist Pure Evil, dated 2018 and painted with acrylic & spray-paint. Signed, titled, and ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
King Sponge, Sponge Bob, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Portrait of Sponge Bob
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
"The Fabulous Monroe Sisters" Large Oil & Acrylic on canvas 46x66
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
Ceravolo has been call the "Rock and Roll Painter" and "Painter of the Stars of Rock" by the media. One of The Hampton's most popular urban Pop artists whose work is collected by E...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Good The Bad & The Ugly Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
The Good The Bad & The Ugly Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg.
Art measures 42 x 24 inches
Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artwork with a str...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Pencil, St...
"The Return" Portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini 1979
By Dick Crispo
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative pop art/fauvist treatment of the return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran by Monterey, California aritst Dick Crispo (American, b.1945). Presented in a mat. Signed and dated "D. Crispo 79" upper left corner. Image size, 29"H x 23"W.
“I am an abstract journalist of the landscape and a choreographer of the dance of the mind, eye and hand. The plastic, the decorative, the horrible and the serene that pepper the visual landscape of the present time challenges the artists who address the age of information. I consider myself a global artist, not an American artist. This galactical view is the true basis of my work–Nature is my teacher–the Master. I’m the apprentice.” –Dick Crispo
Dick Crispo, born in New York City on January 13, 1945, has resided on the Monterey Peninsula since 1955. An award winning artist, Crispo has studied at the Carmel Art Institute under John Cunningham and Sam Colburn...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Yellow Painting, Pop Art Portrait, Pop Art-Are You Still There? in Yellow
Located in Delaware , OH
Yellow Painting, Pop Art Portrait, Pop Art-Are You Still There? in Yellow
A B O U T T H I S P I E C E :
"Are You Still There? in Yellow (Hannah-A1)" began as a portrait photograph s...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Screen
Andy
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Andy Warhol print on rice paper
Original pop art by contemporary artist Zane Fix addressing modern subjects that are executed in the traditional Japanese woodblock (Ukiyo-e) style.
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Rice Paper, Archival Ink
"Womb" Painting 36" x 48" inch by Ty Joseph
By Ty Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"Womb" Painting 36" x 48" inch by Ty Joseph
From 7 L's series
2017
* * * The meaning of L series * * *
Although influenced by Pop Art, with its bold, eye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
John Lennon - Original Vinyl Records Textural Music Icon Figurative Portrait Art
By Ben Riley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
British artist Ben Riley creates original mixed media pop-figurative artworks inspired by music icons, capturing the soul of his subject with carefully sel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
MARILYN - BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nelson Mandela, Pop Art Portrait by Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - )
Title: Nelson Mandela
Year: 2001
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Signed u.l.
Size: 18 x 16 inches
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Poolside" Mixed Media Figurative Collage Composition on Panel Board
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a colorful collage composition portrait of a Pin-up model from the 1950s, as Jon Davenport explores the process of deconstructing iconic imagery from the past and present. Davenport start’s out with photos of his paint-stained studio floor and collages in articles/advertising from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years; plus any other interesting stuff captured on his travels. He then transfers the images to a panel board, layering them on with gel medium, together with strokes, splashes, drips, and splats of paint. Once it's dry, another layer of gel medium is poured on to give it a melting effect. After it drys off again, another layer of paint is added to embellish a few areas and to accentuate or fade out certain aspects. And then, he finally adds a coat of polyurethane for protection and making the colors pop. This unique work is executed on a wood panel board and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower right.
Art measures 36 x 36 in
From biology student to owning and running a creative agency in London to a career as a fine artist, life has taken Jon Davenport on a rewarding and unconventional journey. Despite his scientific beginnings, he’s always had a strong artistic streak weaving its way through his different career paths. Growing up in Ipswich, UK, Jon was always an avid drawer, and could often be found with a pencil and paper in hand. With the arrival of his first computer, he embraced the new frontier of digital art and had work published in one of those early computer magazines.
His creative urges took a backseat to get a biology degree at Brunel University in London. It was afterward, in his first job working at the Archant newspaper group in Ipswich, that he quickly progressed from plate maker to becoming an integral member of the art studio. It was during this time that he taught himself photoshop, desktop publishing, and graphic & web design. After a few years, he set up a design agency, and eventually went full time and moved to London. This proved to be a successful move, working for a number of clients such as Nike and Virgin, and gaining praise from the likes of Richard Branson and Tony Blair.
It wasn’t until Jon moved to the USA to marry his wife, Atlanta artist Christy Kinard...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Polyurethane
James Dean Smoking Cigarette Portrait Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
James Dean Smoking Cigarette Portrait Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artwork with a strong social commentar...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acryli...
The King is dead long live the King II, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Portrait of Pink Panther in Basquiat Style
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a dist...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Luxury Redefined, Richi Rich, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Richi Rich keeps toilet paper in his vault.
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a dis...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
TIGER WOODS - VICTORY!
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
King Sponge, Sponge Bob, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art
By Jay-C
Located in Munich, DE
Edition 5
Portrait of Sponge Bob
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
THE AVIATRIX.....Diamond Dust Violet Pink Gray on canvas
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
Ceravolo is one of The Hampton's most popular urban Pop artists. He has been call the "Rock and Roll Painter" and "Painter of the Stars of Rock" by the media.
His Large scale painti...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic Polymer, Canvas
"Picture Perfect" Mixed Media Figurative Collage Composition on Panel Board
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a colorful collage composition portrait of a Pin-up model from the 1950s, as Jon Davenport explores the process of deconstructing iconic imagery from the past and present. Davenport start’s out with photos of his paint-stained studio floor and collages in articles/advertising from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years; plus any other interesting stuff captured on his travels. He then transfers the images to a panel board, layering them on with gel medium, together with strokes, splashes, drips, and splats of paint. Once it's dry, another layer of gel medium is poured on to give it a melting effect. After it drys off again, another layer of paint is added to embellish a few areas and to accentuate or fade out certain aspects. And then, he finally adds a coat of polyurethane for protection and making the colors pop. This unique work is executed on a wood panel board and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower right.
Art measures 36 x 36 inches
From biology student to owning and running a creative agency in London to a career as a fine artist, life has taken Jon Davenport on a rewarding and unconventional journey. Despite his scientific beginnings, he’s always had a strong artistic streak weaving its way through his different career paths. Growing up in Ipswich, UK, Jon was always an avid drawer, and could often be found with a pencil and paper in hand. With the arrival of his first computer, he embraced the new frontier of digital art and had work published in one of those early computer magazines.
His creative urges took a backseat to get a biology degree at Brunel University in London. It was afterward, in his first job working at the Archant newspaper group in Ipswich, that he quickly progressed from plate maker to becoming an integral member of the art studio. It was during this time that he taught himself photoshop, desktop publishing, and graphic & web design. After a few years, he set up a design agency, and eventually went full time and moved to London. This proved to be a successful move, working for a number of clients such as Nike and Virgin, and gaining praise from the likes of Richard Branson and Tony Blair.
It wasn’t until Jon moved to the USA to marry his wife, Atlanta artist Christy Kinard...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Polyurethane
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Edition 5
print with Diamond Dust - Price on request
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Category
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Materials
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"Star Hailing L's" Painting 48" x 48" inch by Ty Joseph
By Ty Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"Star Hailing L's" Painting 48" x 48" inch by Ty Joseph
From 7 L's series
2017
* * * The meaning of L series * * *
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Category
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Materials
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