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31" x 30" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas with Hand Embellishment of 25 Hand Signed by Todd White Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors serving the viewer’s eyes as those in his stolen scenes serve or are served-wine, coffee, cigarettes, cigars, and martinis. He creates timeless scenes of diverse attraction, of known intimacy. Within the exaggerated features and textured skin of his characters lies truth, yours and theirs. Distinctive bodies and details to lips, eyes, hair, skin, hands and what is held in each, separate and blend his characters’ lives. The smoke that rises from their lips, the drinks that linger at their fingertips, the clothing that adorns their bodies and the crowd created among lovers, friends, patrons and co-workers all speak a certain poetry. Each character depicts the subtleties of what one shows and what one hides. An asymmetrical face tells of an asymmetrical life, of how life wears and how we wear life — what we choose to carry in our hands and on our faces — how we wear ourselves, what smoke and color we stand in. Todd’s paintings are captivating, demanding a second look, often invoking humor or thoughts of familiar feelings — I’ve been there, I know them. Above all, the work is infectious and has caught the attention of the public (galleries cannot keep enough of Todd’s work in stock) as well as celebrities (Vin Diesel, Hugh Hefner, Macaulay Culkin, Eric McCormack, Ryan Stiles and Joe Rogan are collectors of Todd’s oil paintings). But who is the artist behind the art and where did his unique style come from? Todd began in at Warner Bros. Studios while working on the popular series, tiny toons. Through character clean-up and development, Todd began to forge his own artistic style. Shortly thereafter, Todd became part of the lead animation team for the internationally renowned cartoon, sponge bob square pants. Over the next three years, Todd sharpened his eye in storyboarding, illustration and character design. Throughout this period, Todd privately experimented with style and concept, eventually arriving at a process which guides him through every piece. The impact is apparent in his paintings; Todd’s rat-pack-meets-Picasso style results, in part, from his desire to reveal his characters’ innermost thoughts and emotions on their faces. Todd likens his portraits to his favorite episode of the Twilight Zone in which people wore masks that later became their faces and revealed who they truly were. Fast forward ten years later, and until Todd can conceptually see the story in his head, he refuses to paint a single signature knuckle curled around one of his famous martinis. "I actually name my pieces first and then i visualise each face and its personality. Then I develop each person’s story." The stark, unblemished delivery of his subjects is very much intended: whatever isn’t necessary to the story isn’t on my canvas. "I don’t waste a lot of time with backgrounds because they don’t interest me. They aren’t necessary. Instead i focus on what is essential. For example, the hands." Hands are a focal point for Todd, reflecting the subject’s state of mind as much as any body language or facial expression. Everyone’s hands are full of personality he surmises. Take Al Pacino; without his hands, he’s not nearly as interesting to watch. In addition to more obvious influences, such as Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, Todd credits Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Bridget Bardot, Nat King Cole and the style and feel of the age of cool. However, Todd’s flirtation with the cool cats begins and ends on the canvas. On any given afternoon, you’ll find Todd’s paint-stained hands not reaching for a fresh cigarette or a third martini, (Todd doesn’t smoke and rarely drinks anything stronger than iced tea), but rather scooping trail mix to feed wild rabbits or throwing a well worn rubber ball for his dogs. Todd keeps his afternoons free because of the one trait he has in common with ol’ blue eyes...

Open and Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints Hand Signed by Bob Gruen 8" x 10" Unframed Open Edition 11" x 14" Unframed Open Edition 16" x 20" Unframed Open Edition 20" x 24" U...

12" x 8.5" Unframed Limited Edition Silkscreen of 100 Hand Signed by Diana Christiansen

Limited Edition Serigraph of 100 Hand Signed by Diana Christensen

Limited Edition Serigraph of 50 Hand Signed by Diana Christensen

24" x 24" Unframed Archival UV-Cured Print on Varnished HD Aluminum Panel of 100 Hand Signed by Ron English

24" x 24" Unframed Limited Edition Print Mounted on Aluminum of 100

40" x 30" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas of 99 Hand Signed by Justin Bua 2009 "Harlem Rose is a throwback tribute painting to all the great female jazz vocalists from Bil...

35" x 38.5" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee 29/125 Hand Signed by Todd White

32" x 33" Unframed Limited Edition Hand Embellished Giclee of 290 Hand Signed by Damien Elwes

23" x 19" Unframed Limited Edition Etching of 75 Hand Signed by Anait Abramian

13" x 19" Unframed Etching of 75 Hand Signed by Anait Abramian

30" x 30" Limited Edition Giclee of 150 Hand Signed by Jim Keifer

10" x 14" Unframed Original Watercolour on Board Hand Signed by Joe Lasker

30" x 34" Unframed Original Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by Vladimir Shulakov

34" x 30" Unframed Original - Acrylic on Canvas Hand Signed by Vladimir Shulakov

20.5" x 26" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee of 100 Hand Signed by Joseph Lorusso 2002

33" x 22" Unframed Limited Edition Serigraph of 195 Hand Signed by Linda Kyser-Smith

Image Size: 24" x 26" Unframed Limited Edition Serigraph of 195 Hand Signed by Linda Kyser-Smith

20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger

20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger

20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger

20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger

20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger

20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger

20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger

20" x 16" Unframed Limited Edition Estate Photograph of 20 Hand Signed by Marcel Sternberger

32" x 24" Unframed Limited Edition Silkscreen on Board of 295 Hand Signed by John Asaro

Image Size: 19" x 33" Unframed Original - Acrylic Collage Hand Signed by Elaine Clarfield-Gitalis 2001

22.5" x 30" Unframed Original - Pastel Encaustic Hand Signed by Elaine Clarfield-Gitalis 2002

Image Size: 17" x 30" Unframed Original - Acrylic Collage Hand Signed by Elaine Clarfield-Gitalis 2001

20" x 36" Unframed Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas of 150 Hand Signed by Peter Nixon

25" x 30" Unframed Limited Edition Artists Proof Hand Signed by Richard Merkin

24" x 20" Unframed Open Edition C Print

24" x 20" Unframed Open Edition C Print

24" x 20" Unframed Open Edition C-Print

8" x 10" Unframed Limited Edition Etching of 69 Hand Signed by Chauski

8" x 10" Unframed Limited Edition Etching of 69 Hand Signed by Chauski

10" x 13" Unframed Limited Edition Etching of 69 Hand Signed by Chauski

8" x 10" Unframed Limited Edition Etching of 69 Hand Signed by Chauski

10" x 10" Unframed Limited Edition Serigraph on Canvas of 175 Hand Signed by Markus Pierson

28" x 24" Unframed Limited Edition Serigraph on Canvas of 175 Hand Signed by Markus Pierson

18" x 18" Unframed Original Mixed Media on Paper Hand Signed by Emanuel Babak

18" x 18" Unframed Original Mixed Media on Paper Hand Signed by Emanuel Babak

14" x 14" Unframed Limited Edition Mono-print of 175 Hand Signed by Emanuel Babak

14" x 14" Unframed Limited Edition Mono-print of 115 Hand Signed by Emanuel Babak

14" x 14" Unframed Limited Edition Mono-print of 125 Hand Signed by Emanuel Babak

40" x 60" Unframed Original Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by Madeleine Lemire

8" x 5.5" Unframed AP Original Etching Hand Signed by Georges Dussau

8" x 5.5" Unframed AP Original Etching Hand Signed by Georges Dussau

54" x 50" Unframed Original - Acrylic on Canvas Hand Signed by Pietro Adamo

19.5" x 19.5 Unframed Vintage Collage Hand Signed by Danielle Cole

22.5" x 37.5" Unframed Vintage Collage Hand Signed by Danielle Cole

18" x 24" Unframed Vintage Collage Hand Signed by Danielle Cole

38" x 29.5" Vintage collage on Illustration Board Hand Signed by Danielle Cole

Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper Including COA Printed by Eve Arnold's own bespoke printer Danny Pope

Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper Including COA Printed by Eve Arnold's own bespoke printer Danny Pope

Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper Including COA Printed by Eve Arnold's own bespoke printer Danny Pope G.B. ENGLAND. Nottinghamshire. Kelham. Father Gregory Wilkins, Direct...

Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper Including COA Printed by Eve Arnold's own bespoke printer Danny Pope

Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag Paper Including COA Printed by Eve Arnold's own bespoke printer Danny Pope