Marilyn Monroe art has formed a part of my paintign portfolio since 2005. I am drawn to the truly iconic female and celebrity in the traditional sense and not in the throwaway current sense in which the term is used.
Marilyn earned her place in history arguably mainly because of her early death. However, some say her connection to the Kennedy’s would possibly also have kept her an intriguing figure had she lived longer.
For this painter Marilyn was a talented actress and fascinating human being. My Marilyn Monroe art however, celebrates a woman with the most mesmerisingly beautiful face. Innocent, yet sexual. Vulnerable and yet challenging at times. It is these aspects which I have tried to capture in my Marilyn Monroe paintings
Marilyn In Art, the book by Roger G. Taylor which appeared in 2006 was the first book my artwork appeared in. The book featured "To Kiss Marilyn", my first ever Marilyn Monroe paintings.
I decided during my Klimt phase to paint this artwork for a very special lady who is aMarilyn Monroe fan.
Bombsheel, was a title I had wanted to use for some time in the creation of an original Marilyn artwork. this formed part of a series of paintings which happened over the space of a year or so and looking back, I can see the similarity in the approach to the canvas.
marilyn Monroe painting in a freestyle almost watercolour approach to the canvas. As I have said elsewhere, I try to bring something different to each painting of Marilyn and there always seems to be something different to capture about this celebrity icon.
This was quite an experimental painting of Marilyn Monroe and was created on a large scale canvas at the same time as I painted Elvis Presley in a similar style. I return to iconic paintings of celebrities every now and again. It is a real contrast to working on landscape paintings but I find that fluctuating between the two is an interesting way for me to paint.
